City building inspector Chris Newman was on hand last night to answer questions city commissioners had regarding a proposed change to the fees charged to rental property owners who fail to show up for a scheduled inspection or if a re-inspection is needed to confirm problems with the dwelling have been corrected.
Newman says while most property show up for the inspections, a few repeat offenders make it time consuming problems
Newman says the current fee assessed is $20 but that doesn’t seem to be much of a deterrent
The original proposal allowed the building inspector to charge up to $500 in the case of a missed inspection or re-inspection. Some commissioners, including commissioner Doug Kludt indicated they weren’t comfortable with such a drastic increase.
In the end, commissioners approved increasing the fees to $100.
Also last night night, the commission approved the sale of land in the Southtown addition that will the site of Wheatgrass Village to Greater Huron Development Corporation for $200,000. The land in turn will be sold to developer Steve Boote. Voters approved the rezoning of the land in a special election last month.