ORDER-2016-170 : Reauthorization of Inspection Services Revolving Account #2658 for FY2017

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▶ 1:38:02 Peter D. Mortimer: second we have a motion by alderman boisselle to move the bottom line for the inspectional services department said motion duly seconded by alderman forbes um i think i see alderman's worker requesting oh i'm sorry uh so seeing no further discussion the motion has been made and seconded all in favor please say aye aye aye any opposed hearing none the budget for inspectional services will be recommended to the full board at this point we will take up order 2016-170 it is the reauthorization of the inspectional services revolving account number 2658 for fiscal year 2017. is there a motion please alderman Medeiros has made a motion to recommend

▶ 1:38:50 Monica C. Medeiros: the budget for passage to recommend and uh on discussion when the time as soon as we get a

▶ 1:38:53 Peter D. Mortimer: second you're first thank you alderman Medeiros has made a motion to recommend this revolving account for passage to the full board said motion was duly seconded by alderman boycelle alderman

▶ 1:39:06 Monica C. Medeiros: Medeiros on discussion please thank you uh this uh revolving account has a fifteen thousand dollar limit and that is the same as previous yes and um can you talk about what goes into this account i know we've you know you go throughout the seats streets of melrose the last uh year or two is particular i feel like almost every other house has got a building permit up is is that that's

▶ 1:39:30 Speaker 1: how i feel yeah actually this revolving account is specifically for multi-family inspections it's a state-mandated mandated program through the building code where depending on the amount of units in your building uh from a three unit to you know a hundred and some units would it it's uh could be annually bi-annually it could be every five years so it's a state mandated program and we have that gentleman I spoke about earlier that comes in a couple of days a week and we have them do these inspections as well and what

▶ 1:40:12 Speaker 1: kinds of things do they look for this is primarily a safety inspection we go in there we make sure all the emergency lights exit signs are working smoke detectors are on hooked up we don't test the smoke detectors they're responsible

▶ 1:40:30 Speaker 1: for that yearly as a property owner um fire extinguishers have the right tags on them they've been tested and recharged we check the boiler rooms make sure Thorp no clutter nothing that would impose a heavy fire load or cause a fire that so it's limited to common spaces we don't go into people's apartments and again it's a state mandated are you doing any checking of

▶ 1:40:57 Monica C. Medeiros: meters or anything related to metering or plumbing or anything like that what type of metering maybe water and sewer or no anything like that okay thank you thank you alderman Medeiros

▶ 1:41:10 Scott M. Forbes: alderman forbes thank you mr chairman thank you for being here tonight i know uh i've had some discussions with you about uh certain people in the city that are non-compliant when we issue fines do you have any information or numbers as far as how many fines were actually issued for the year and and how much that is i don't have a total i do have um i am aware of one

▶ 1:41:38 Speaker 1: fine that we actually did collect uh you're all aware of the mount hood case where the neglect of the property led to state the city receivership that property now has been renovated and been sold, and we were able to collect approximately $30,000 in fines, just my fines from my department, through the receivership program. Myself and the city solicitor will be working on coming before you in this upcoming year to institute a 40U program tickets that these tickets in that program, when we issue them, if they don't pay him they get put right on their municipal lien certificate so when they go to sell the property we'll get the money automatically as part of

▶ 1:42:29 Peter D. Mortimer: that thank you thank you very much thank you mr. chairman Thank You alderman Forbes motion has been made by alderman Medeiros to recommend this budget for passage said motion was duly seconded by alderman Boycelle seeing no further discussion all in favor please say aye aye any opposed hearing none this budget It will be recommended to the full board for passage. Now we will take up the revolving account that is commensurate with this budget. Your revolving account, sir, if you would, for one more moment. Sorry, I thought we just did. That was the whole revolving account, and the budget's gone. Very good, very good. All right. If I may, Mr. Chairman, Alderman Wright, we did check, Chris Wilcock checked, and People's GIS is on the state bidding list, so person that we're looking at very closely for the permanent software. This is an update already.