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Commissioners back additional inspector and fund Charlotte Hall small-area planning; stormwater inspection workload cited
Summary
The board approved an additional inspector for Land Use and Growth Management to handle mandated residential stormwater plan reviews and inspections and allocated $50,000 toward a Charlotte Hall small-area (growth town) planning effort; staff described inspection workload growth from new state stormwater requirements.
Land Use and Growth Management staff described rising workload driven by Maryland's residential stormwater-management requirements and a steady stream of plan-review and follow-up inspection work; commissioners agreed to fund an additional inspector position to meet the demand.
A department representative explained the county now reviews roughly 450 residential stormwater plans per year, with each plan generating required construction and recurring maintenance inspections (final, one-year and tri‑annual inspections). "As the 450 plans a year keep adding up, the inspections do, too," the staff member said, and asked for an additional inspector to handle that recurring workload.
Commissioners approved retaining the frozen inspector FTE in the budget after staff described the state-mandated inspection and maintenance cycle and the customer-service rationale for centralizing stormwater reviews in Land Use rather than routing them to Public Works. The board also supported $50,000 in the capital/operating package to begin work on a Charlotte Hall small-area plan (the packet shows a $50,000 line tied to the county's small-area planning program) and discussed timing for the Lexington Park plan, which staff said they expect to forward to the board in coming months.
What's next: Land Use staff will add the additional inspector FTE to the department's FY16 budget and proceed with procurement for consultant support on the Charlotte Hall small-area plan; the Lexington Park plan is expected to come before the board in the next months.
