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Harrisburg council amends and adopts ordinance to charge for residential electrical inspections
Summary
Council amended and unanimously adopted Bill 6 of 2025, changing the city electrical code to charge fees for certain residential electrical inspections; the amendment sets a $100 inspection fee covering rough and final inspections and establishes reinspection fees.
Harrisburg City Council on the evening of the legislative session amended and adopted Bill 6 of 2025, an ordinance amending Chapter 8-103 of the Codified Ordinances (the city electrical code) to implement fees for certain electrical inspections performed by the city.
The amendment, moved by Councilman Jones, revised language on the fee schedule to state that the inspection fee “includes both rough and final inspections for a $100,” and clarified reinspection charges to allow one free reinspection with additional reinspection fees set at $100. Councilman Jones formally put the amendment on the floor, saying, “Yes. I would like to make a motion to amend bill 6 of 2025, for additional edits after the bill was introduced.” The council then voted to approve the amendment and later voted for final passage.
The ordinance as amended applies to the inspections described in the electrical code text read into the record and was presented to council after committee review by Public Safety Committee representatives and city staff. The committee had discussed whether city-provided inspections would lower owners’ costs compared with private options; Director Anne Montgomery (present to answer committee questions) told council the service would be “much cheaper” than private alternatives and that the initial ordinance covers residential inspections only, with commercial inspections to be considered at a later date.
Council voted unanimously to approve Bill 6 as amended. The clerk recorded six yays and zero nays, with Councilman Rodriguez excused.
Council members did not record a second for the amendment on the public record, and no amendments beyond the lines specified (lines 59–60 and 65–66 in the printed bill) were offered during the legislative session.
The ordinance will implement the inspection and reinspection fees described above; the effective date and implementation steps were not specified in the meeting record.
This action follows prior committee discussion on June 3, 2025, where the Public Safety Committee reviewed the proposed code change and asked about coverage for commercial businesses and resident need for city inspections.
