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Town manager: building department compliance and new software installation underway
Summary
Commissioners were told the town is interviewing for a full‑time building official to meet state compliance deadlines and that the town will soon install new building‑department software and SeeClickFix integration to speed code enforcement and public works responses.
Commissioners raised concern about the town building department’s compliance with state rules and the apparent limited on‑site presence of the current building official. The commission heard from the town manager that interviews are underway to hire a licensed building official who can bring the department into compliance before the regulatory deadline.
IT Director Mark provided details on a software upgrade for the building department. Mark said legal issues have been resolved and a kickoff meeting is scheduled; purchase orders and financial approvals are in place. He said the new system will allow field staff to take photographs and generate violation notices from tablets in real time and will interface with a work‑order/resident reporting tool (SeeClickFix) to route resident reports to public works, code and police where appropriate. Mark said the town expects the vendor to install the system soon and that some modules were being beta tested.
Commissioners welcomed the work and said the software should reduce delays in violations processing and improve service delivery. The town manager said staff will report back, potentially at the next meeting, on hiring and software installation progress.
