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Board approves Jobe Inspection Service fee schedule and sewage-enforcement duties for 2025
Summary
Salem Township approved a revised Jobe Inspection Service plan-review and inspection fee schedule effective Jan. 1, 2025, and authorized the firm to perform sewage-enforcement duties and related fees; residents asked about fee comparability and billing.
The Salem Township Board on Dec. 18 approved a revised proposal from Jobe Inspection Service, LLC defining plan-review and inspection fees effective Jan. 1, 2025, and separately approved the firm to provide sewage-enforcement services and associated fees.
Key fee changes approved in the minutes include: a $450 minimum commercial plan-review fee; single-family dwelling plan-review $125; inspection fee for single-family dwellings at $0.35 per square foot (up from $0.20); and a re-inspection fee set at $125. The board also approved sewage-enforcement application and repair fees (e.g., $600 application for a new system; $450 repair permit). A meeting record notes the increase in inspection fees reflects higher insurance, fuel and other expenses.
Resident Eric Hageder asked whether the rates were comparable to other building code officials; Kerry Jobe responded that the township's BCO submitted the proposal and that larger municipalities charge up to $0.50 per square foot. The minutes do not state any formal affiliation between Supervisor Kerry Jobe and Jobe Inspection Service, LLC.
