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Orangeville council lets contractor applicant obtain handyman business license while awaiting state certification
Summary
Councilors approved a temporary change to an applicant’s business-license type so the applicant can apply for a state waiver and grant while waiting for a state specialty/contractor license to be finalized.
At a meeting of the Orangeville City Council (date not specified), members approved changing an applicant’s business-license classification to a handyman license so the applicant may apply for a state waiver and related grant funding while waiting for state contractor certification.
Councilors said the applicant and his wife attended the meeting to explain their planned work and to confirm that state certification — either a specialty trade license or a general contractor’s license — is required before the city can issue a full contractor’s license. Staff advised that a business license is needed to apply for the state waiver.
City staff and the applicant described local thresholds discussed at the meeting: work valued under $3,000 may be done under a handyman classification; work between $3,000 and $7,000 requires a handyman certificate; and work over $7,000 requires either a contractor’s license or a specialty-trade certificate. Staff said the applicant has submitted required materials for state certification and is close to completing the process but is facing state processing delays.
To avoid delaying the applicant’s ability to apply for grants or the state waiver, a motion was made and approved to process the applicant’s business license as a handyman license now and allow an upgrade to a contractor or specialty license once state verification arrives. The motion passed after the council called for a voice vote; the transcript records members saying, “All in favor. Aye.” The meeting record does not list individual vote tallies.
Council members discussed that when previous applicants provided state verification of licensure, staff issued local contractor licenses after receiving documentation; staff noted state processing backlog may delay that verification by several weeks.
The council also approved meeting minutes earlier in the session on a motion by Taylor Whitman.
Next steps: staff will issue the handyman business-license classification to allow the applicant to proceed with state waiver and grant applications; the applicant will return with state verification to upgrade the license when the state-issued license is available.
