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Building and housing director outlines inspections, landlord registration and staffing as he prepares to retire
Summary
Director Mike Ninto gave a high‑level briefing on the town's landlord registration and rental‑inspection program, saying the department performs ~1,500 inspections a year, charges a $150 per‑unit certificate fee, and currently inspects about 2,700–2,800 rental units.
Mike Ninto, Mansfield’s director of building and housing inspection, gave a presentation summarizing the housing code, landlord registration ordinance and enforcement practices ahead of his planned retirement. He said the town enforces Connecticut’s building code and a Mansfield supplement to the housing code, conducts biannual certificate inspections for rental units, and charges a $150 fee per unit when inspections pass. "We do certificate inspections biannually ... and when it passes, there is a fee of $150 per unit," Ninto said.
Ninto told council staff perform roughly 1,500 inspections a year and estimated the total number of rental dwelling units in town at between 2,700 and 2,800. He described coordination with the health department on water testing and with the fire marshal and social services when enforcement reveals broader problems. On water‑testing parameters he said the code requires tests for nitrates/nitrites, E. coli/coliform bacteria, manganese and chloride; he noted lead testing was not part of the program as written. Ninto also spoke about succession planning and the promotion of Ben Funk to assistant building official as part of continuity for the department.
