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Seymour budgets for 2026 state building code, highlights blight enforcement revenue
Summary
At a Seymour budget workshop, the building compliance director outlined a $336,623 departmental budget that adds funds for 2026 Connecticut building-code materials, a $20,000 1099 inspector, and said online permitting produced roughly $495,000 in revenue; officials noted about $300,000 in blight-related amounts remain under collection.
Jim Baldwin, introduced by the chair as Mr. Baldwin and identified later in discussion as the director of land use and code compliance, presented the building compliance budget at the town’s budget workshop.
Baldwin told the board that Connecticut will adopt the 2026 state building code in July and the department added a $3,000 line item to purchase updated code books and regulations. “We have to anticipate purchase of all the new code books, regulations and so on that we'll need to have in the office,” he said.
He described the department as fully staffed with four full-time employees and said the…
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