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<br />.. <br /> <br />BUILDING AND ZONING <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Provides for the administration and enforcement of municipal <br />ordinances relating to zoning, building, plumbing, electrical, <br />heating and signs through the following: <br />*Inspection of building and development plans <br />*Issuance of permits and licenses as required <br />*Inspection of buildings and structures under construction <br />*Zoning code enforcement <br /> <br />Provides for the administration and enforcement of the housing <br />maintenance program to ensure that the rental housing stock is in <br />compliance with municipal and state health, safety, and nuisance <br />regulations <br /> <br />Provides the principal contact on environmental issues including <br />work related to the landfill, the NSP and UP A Refuse Derived Fuel <br />project, the gravel mining industry, and compliance with the state <br />wetlands law. <br /> <br />2000 BUDGET COMPARED WITH 1999 BUDGET <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />This departmental budget is: <br /> <br />- Proposed in the amount of $447,550; <br />- A $48,200 or 12% increase compared to the adopted 1999 budget; <br />- Approximately 7.5% of the total general fund expenditures. <br /> <br />Personal services is the largest expenditure category in this budget. <br />Approximately 90 percent of the total expenditures for building and zoning <br />activities are for personal services. This category is proposed to increase <br />$39,700. Part of this increase is for the addition of a full time seasonal <br />building inspector. The building and zoning department includes the <br />following employees: the building and zoning administrator, the building <br />official, two building inspectors, a seasonal building inspector, the housing <br />inspector, a part time code enforcement officer, the environmental <br />officer/secretary, and the building and zoning secretary. <br /> <br />There are no major changes in this proposed budget compared to last year. <br />However, conferences and schools are up slightly to reflect the additional <br />employee plus the requirements for more training in the building inspection . <br />profession and the capital outlay line item is up in order to do a modest <br />building renovation in order to create more space for the inspectors. <br />Additionally, it should be noted that $20,000 is planned to be spent by way of <br />equipment certificates for a new building and zoning inspector truck. <br />20 <br />