Charlotte County board accepts staff recommendations to suspend permitting privileges, asks state to consider fines

The Charlotte County Construction Industry Licensing Board on Tuesday accepted staff recommendations to suspend local permitting privileges for two contractors and forwarded both cases to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) and the Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (FCILB) with a request that the state consider monetary fines and, if violations persist, potential license revocation.

Ken Garcia, a contractor licensing investigator, told the board that case CI-25-00025 alleges Jose r Villega of Next Level Builders Southwest Florida LLC used an unlicensed individual on an addition at 8153 Drew Street, failed to maintain required subcontractor documentation, missed inspections and did not renew or close permit number 2024000208525. Garcia said the homeowner had paid the company but that some amounts were still outstanding and that the final…