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Eastpointe building director outlines staffing overhaul, enforcement push and proposed inspection changes
Summary
Building Director Mr. Myers told the Planning Commission on Oct. 2 that the department has been reorganized into five districts, has added staff, increased permit revenue and plans new inspection and enforcement steps including digital ticketing, presale-inspection proposals and expanded rental enforcement.
Building Director Mr. Myers told the Planning Commission on Oct. 2 that the Eastpointe building department has been restructured to improve inspections, enforcement and financial performance.
"We have tried to meet three obligations...to put the building department in the economic black budget line, not into the red. Two, I'm responsible for all inspections... Three, I'm responsible for cleaning up all of our record keeping systems and processing," Myers said during his update.
Myers said the department has hired a deputy, Carlton Whitsett, reorganized field staff into five roughly one-square-mile districts (with one code/building officer assigned to each district) and reassigned clerical roles to improve processing. He said the changes are intended to focus staff time on a mix of blight enforcement, rental inspections and building/code violations within a defined district.
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