Local builder faults Code Enforcement practices, says delays cost $25,000 on single job

During the Other Business portion of the meeting, builder Mark Harwood addressed the committee to complain about the management style and decisions of Code Enforcement Administrator John Graham. Harwood said he had been fined and is not attempting to skip inspections but described a recent project where "the homeowner requested a one-inch change on a finished basement project and was not allowed to continue until the engineer redid the plans which caused him delays for three weeks and repositioning of his crew costing him over $25,000." Harwood said he has $2 million worth of work lined up locally but suggested contractors are discouraged from building under current enforcement practices.