I hope.... wrote on Oct 8, 2008 1:35 PM:
this brings a better understanding to what builing codes does. That actually do a great service to the county. And yes the permit prices would probably go up. Sucky but true. But don't think that Building Codes is not important even when the market is slow. They maintain all the electrical permits in coos/curry county, and all the plumbing permits for all coos county with the exception of lakeside. They cover a lot of ground and do a great job. I would hate to see anyone else doing that job besides the people that do it now because they probably would ruin the stability of the program.
I Hope.... wrote on Oct 8, 2008 1:32 PM:
Building codes gets taken over by a private or third party entity. The need for 5-6 employees accounts for All the inspectors. Becuase Buidling Codes covers the county you are looking at a Structural/mechanical inspector, Electrical inspectors (yes there are two), Plumbing Inspector,Manufactured home inspector, and then the intake staff. It is not an easy job to run a building codes division. But the state would like to eventually shut down all the branch offices. And as far as the county taking it over and building codes going to the dogs, it can't they would still have to adhear to the state/national codes.
huh wrote on Oct 8, 2008 7:07 AM:
The county can barely run itself and now it wants to take more on? What a joke.
Bad news wrote on Oct 7, 2008 4:13 PM:
You let the county take over and the building code department,it will be just as broke as the county. They will jack the permit prices to the moon. They must think this is their "new" cash cow.Good luck trying to get anyone at the county to try to even figure out how to issue a permit.They cant even issue zoning letters without it being a headache. Big waves bye, bye, to Stufflebean and whitty I hope to see them voted out of town
County Greed wrote on Oct 7, 2008 3:32 PM:
Why would the County need to hire 5-6 employees to do the job that ONE State employee can do, especially during this slow market? I agree there is definitely a need for an additional inspector, but 5 or 6? I thought the purpose of going to the County, paying $100, and receiving a Letter of Compliance, was to ensure there were no land use violations prior to building?
OhGreat wrote on Oct 7, 2008 2:49 PM:
Now everyone can see how ineffective the County Bldg Dept is. There are no Building Codes here -pay for a permit and you can build a house that looks like a frog that sits on the edge of a sliding hill.....
How wrote on Oct 7, 2008 1:16 PM:
This is a poor move to even think about. Coos County has trouble with what it has..add more and we will see problems for sure. Perhaps with better equiped commissioners and other management, but not now. Doesn't this county have more important things to do??
I hope... wrote on Oct 7, 2008 12:42 PM:
That the county doesn't see building codes as a revenue source for "extra money" since it is a self sufficient entity. Usually money made by building codes has to stay within building codes.
George wrote on Oct 7, 2008 11:56 AM:
Great. Higher permit costs...
cant wait to vote Stufflebean out.
WHATEVER wrote on Oct 7, 2008 11:55 AM:
I think Coos County needs to rethink this as they are very poor money managers. Stuffelbean and Whitty need to be out of there.
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