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Council approves special-use permits for day care and fireworks stands, authorizes billing inspector contract
Summary
Lebanon City Council approved special-use permits for a day care (Sherry Watson) and retail fireworks stands (Robert Smith/Robertson parcels), and authorized a nonexclusive billing/inspection contract with contractor Mike Cool with fee splits explained in the contract terms.
Lebanon City Council voted April 30 to approve multiple land-use items from the plan commission and to authorize a nonexclusive billing/inspection contract.
Committee member (Speaker 5) moved and the council approved a resolution making findings in connection with a special-use permit for Sherry Watson to operate a day care at 9927 Devon Troy Street; the motion was seconded and carried by roll call. The council then moved and approved resolutions and ordinances granting special-use permits for retail fireworks stands on parcels along South Madison (motions and parcel IDs were read into the record by Speaker 5).
Staff (Speaker 11) also presented a proposed nonexclusive agreement for a billing/inspection contractor, explaining fee schedules and guarantees. Under the contract terms described in the meeting, the contractor would receive 75% of regular inspection fees and the city would retain 25%; the contractor would additionally receive a $100 monthly guarantee to offset insurance costs, and occupancy and reinspection fees were listed in the fee schedule provided to council. The proposed contractor named in the transcript was Mike Cool.
The council approved the resolution to authorize the billing-inspector agreement and clarified the contract is nonexclusive, allowing the city to pursue other inspectors in future. Staff said that under typical months the contractors guaranteed payment would be offset by inspection volume and that either party may terminate the agreement with a 30-day written notice.
The council recorded roll-call votes for each motion. No appeals or public objections were recorded at the meeting regarding the day care or fireworks permits, and staff said the contractor arrangement would not result in net revenue loss to the city based on projected inspection activity.
The council did not discuss permit conditions at length on the record beyond the plan-commission recommendation; any permit-specific conditions and details remain in the plan commission files and the corresponding ordinance/resolution documents.
