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Staff proposes bringing erosion- and sediment-control permitting in-house from Iredell County
Summary
Engineering staff proposed the town assume local erosion- and sediment-control permitting now handled by Iredell County, requesting three inspectors, one supervisor and an engineer and estimating year-one startup costs of roughly $760,000 with partial fee revenue expected to offset operations.
Engineering manager Ashton Walker briefed the board on a plan to move local erosion- and sedimentation-control permitting from Iredell County to the town. Walker said bringing the program into the town’s one-stop permitting model would improve response times, allow more proactive enforcement and provide a single point of contact for applicants.
Program structure and costs: Staff proposed a five-person program split across two departments. The plan includes one civil engineer…
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