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James Island to launch municipal building department with Safe Built
Summary
Council announced the town will launch its own building department starting tomorrow with assistance from Safe Built after staff training; the Chair said the training was "really interesting" and staff are excited for the change.
The Town of James Island will launch its own municipal building department ‘‘starting tomorrow’’ with assistance from the private company Safe Built, the Chair announced. The Chair described a recent training session with Safe Built staff and town personnel—"They came down and met with Laura, Melissa, Kristen, Mike, and me, and we, put in some mock, building permits."
The Chair said the training was productive: "It was it was really interesting. It's a great program. They're great people, and we really enjoyed working with them and learned a lot." The Chair added, "We probably won't sleep tonight because we're, you know, excited and looking forward to the change." The meeting record did not list operational details such as staffing levels, permit-fee changes, or the formal start-up checklist for the new department.
Council did not record additional actions related to staffing or budget during this meeting; follow-up items and implementation tasks were not specified on the public record.
