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Isanti council favors outsourcing rental inspections, shifting to three‑year cycle and raising fee to about $200
Summary
After hearing staffing and fee analyses from Rum River Consultants and city planning staff, council members signaled consensus to move Isanti’s rental inspections from a two‑year to a three‑year cycle, contract Rum River to administer the program, and raise the per‑unit fee to roughly $200 so the city retains its current revenue share.
Isanti City council members signaled a consensus on Tuesday to move the city’s rental‑licensing inspections from a two‑year cycle to a three‑year cycle, hire Rum River Consultants to administer the program, and raise the per‑unit fee to about $200 so the city preserves its roughly 15% revenue share.
The proposal emerged during discussion of agenda item E4, when city planning staff and Carrie Levinsky of Rum River Consultants reviewed the current licensing program and fees. Planning staff told the council the permit technician position has been vacant and the associate planner has absorbed permitting and inspection duties, limiting the department’s ability to perform broader planning and community‑development work. “If we did bring them in house, we will need would need a full time…
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