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Committee backs municipal hearings officer language with stipend cap; sends ordinance to full council
Summary
The committee voted to advance language to create a municipal hearings officer to hear appeals under the state building and fire codes, amending the proposal to cap the contractor stipend at $25,100 and asking the law department to prepare final ordinance language for full council.
The City Council committee voted to advance an ordinance change that would formally create a municipal hearings officer to hear appeals under the state building and fire codes and requested the law department prepare final ordinance language for the full council, including an amendment capping the stipend at $25,100.
Committee members said the city historically contracted for this role and that state law (M.G.L.…
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