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Council discusses contracting building-department services and proposed fee schedule; staff to clarify scope, response times and zoning review responsibilities
Summary
Council reviewed a proposed contract with an outside building-department service and an associated fee schedule; members asked staff to confirm whether the contractors responsibilities include zoning compliance and to document response-time guarantees before final adoption.
Council reviewed proposed legislation to authorize the village administrator to enter a contract with a private firm to provide residential building-department services and a companion ordinance to adopt a new fee schedule. Solicitor and staff described the contractors proposed scope, which includes building plan review, issuing permits, stop-work notices, code interpretation, and attendance at staff and council meetings. The proposed contract document lists service-level targets: for single-family projects the contractor proposes first comments within five business days and second comments within three business days or less, with longer…
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