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Brighton to move code inspector to full time as development activity increases; county inspection contract cited as driver of higher costs
Summary
After the part-time code enforcement officer resigned, council discussed hiring a full-time code inspector to handle growing permit and rental-inspection needs and noted a Livingston County building-inspection contract increase.
Brightoncommunity development staff told the council they plan to convert a part-time code-enforcement position to full time after the recent resignation of the part-time inspector. Staff said increased development activity, the pending DTN project, rental-inspection workload and more frequent noncompliance reports justify a full-time position.
Community development staff explained the change as both reactive (the incumbent left) and proactive: a full-time inspector would do regular building and tenant-space walkthroughs, manage the city's rental-inspection program and support in-house inspections that the county no longer handles.
County contract and fees: staff and council discussed that the contracted building-inspection agreement with Livingston County increased significantly (from about $33,000 historically to about $100,000 in the new contract), and that this contract change drove part of the professional-and-technical-service budget increase in the department.
Council members raised alternatives such as shared services with neighboring municipalities or part-time arrangements but staff said the current and near-term workload and the need for consistent enforcement make a full-time local hire the cleaner option. Staff said the job posting will be issued promptly.
Ending: Council did not take a binding vote in the workshop; the budget reflects the proposed full-time position and the raised inspection contract cost will appear in departmental budgets.
