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Muskegon commissioners split over building-inspection contract; staff recommendation for Safe Built fails after debate over revenue share
Summary
After extended public comment and staff presentations, the commission did not approve staff’s recommendation to award the city’s building-inspection contract to Safe Built; commissioners cited revenue-sharing differences, recent performance improvements, and the timing of a transition as reasons for pause. Staff will provide fiscal comparisons at an LPC meeting before Dec. 9.
MUSKEGON — The City of Muskegon’s bid to select a vendor for building-inspection and plan-review services ended without a commission majority on Nov. 25 after more than an hour of presentations and questioning.
Chief Tim Kozel and a staff review team summarized responses to the city’s RFQ and recommended continuing with Safe Built, the incumbent contractor, citing municipal experience, recent responsiveness and quarterly reporting. McKenna (a firm introduced by John Jackson) and a county proposal also bid; McKenna’s representative acknowledged a pricing error in its initial submission but stated McKenna would honor a more favorable fee schedule that substantially reduced the…
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