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[north star]

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"Why would you review plans without the proper fees being paid........Whywould you permit work to be done without the proper permits in hand.......NO tickie,

no laundry."

It appears as though she doesn't have much "supportee" from the

"powers-that-be".



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[Alias]

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It appears as though she doesn't have much "supportee" from the

"powers-that-be".



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North Star -

BINGO! Nailed it.

 

[Alias]

Why would you review plans without the proper fees being paid. Why would you permit work to be done without the proper permits in hand. NO tickie, no laundry.

Because this is the first commercial project in my jurisdiction since 2005. I was re-hired by the city in 2005 to do the inspections on the new RiteAid store after the planning and building fees had been paid, plans had been checked, and a permit issued.

City Council has completely turned over and my former boss who handled planning, building, and public works retired in 2006. I have a mayor who has inserted himself into the current project and is drinking the kool-aid being proffered by the permittee. I hate politics......!

Sue

 

[fatboy]

"I have a mayor who has inserted himself into the current project and is drinking the kool-aid being proffered by the permittee. I hate politics......! "

That totally sucks! See if he is willing to sign the C.O. or the C.C..........

 

[Papio Bldg Dept]

Because this is the first commercial project in my jurisdiction since 2005. I was re-hired by the city in 2005 to do the inspections on the new RiteAid store after the planning and building fees had been paid, plans had been checked, and a permit issued. City Council has completely turned over and my former boss who handled planning, building, and public works retired in 2006. I have a mayor who has inserted himself into the current project and is drinking the kool-aid being proffered by the permittee. I hate politics......! Sue

uhhg. politics and life safety seldom work well together. I am not sure where your administration/hr department stand on such professional ethics issues, but this is an unfortunate battle we face on a yearly basis. good luck to you and your sanity.

 

[Big Mac]

Sorry Alias - I get agrevated with the politics here, but it doesn't sound like they are nearly as bad as your situation.

 

[Alias]

"I have a mayor who has inserted himself into the current project and is drinking the kool-aid being proffered by the permittee. I hate politics......! "That totally sucks! See if he is willing to sign the C.O. or the C.C..........

BWAHAHAHAHA......... now that is funny fatboy!

 

[Alias]

uhhg. politics and life safety seldom work well together. I am not sure where your administration/hr department stand on such professional ethics issues, but this is an unfortunate battle we face on a yearly basis. good luck to you and your sanity.

Papio -

Thanks, I'm going to need it. I have taken a couple of 3 day weekends and will be definitely taking a few more between now and the completion of this project!

As to an admin/hr dept.......we don't have one. We are a very small city and a very sparsely populated county with a total for both of about 13,500 hardy souls. The county building inspector I met when I moved here has now trained a new building inspector and gone back to the road department. He had had enough of the shenanigans, politics, stupidity, ad nauseum.

Sue...................where the west still lives..................

 

[Alias]

Sorry Alias - I get agrevated with the politics here, but it doesn't sound like they are nearly as bad as your situation.

Big Mac -

That's okay, it only effects me when I have clueless, unprofessional people trying to build a large commercial project. :wstupid

Most of the time my department (of 1) is mellow and the bus runs over someone else.

Sue

 

[AegisFPE]

You may want to share this story from Florida, reported yesterday:

"We are not working on solving the problem, but at least getting the system running..."In the meantime, officials are trying to figure out how the city got into this mess of moving into a building without it passing inspection. The court failed about 30 to 40 percent of the safety tests.

They've said they had a special permit for the move, and the city assumed it would pass fire inspection.

City: Courts to Move Back to Old Courthouse

 

[Alias]

You may want to share this story from Florida, reported yesterday:

I have not issued the C of O for the remodel of old city hall (next door to me) because they installed non-ADA compliant doorknobs. The space was remodeled for the Drug Task Force. Reason for wrong door knobs - no one but task force is using it. I said wrong, it is city property and it must be ADA hardware. Lost that battle, task force is moved in. It never ends................

Sue, tired of all the horse puckey! :censored

 

[kilitact]

I have not issued the C of O for the remodel of old city hall (next door to me) because they installed non-ADA compliant doorknobs. The space was remodeled for the Drug Task Force. Reason for wrong door knobs - no one but task force is using it. I said wrong, it is city property and it must be ADA hardware. Lost that battle, task force is moved in. It never ends................ Sue, tired of all the horse puckey! :censored

How have you lost the battle?? You havn't issued a CofO. Strange that the task force would set up in a building illegaly, perhaps they are undercover.

 

[Alias]

How have you lost the battle?? You havn't issued a CofO. Strange that the task force would set up in a building illegaly, perhaps they are undercover.

I have been told by the powers that be that PW will replace lock sets when Task Force moves, period. Chief of police is responsible for causing several ADA compliance issues on city properties.........:censored

Sue

 

[MtnArch]

Most of what I hear about this type of situation is that "... our lawyers said we're okay ...". Sooner or later it will turn into a shark-feeding-frenzy between those lawyers that say "We've done enough" and another set of lawyers that say "It's NEVER enough".

Can we PLEASE get some "un-common sense" since "common sense" seems to have left the building (quite a few years ago)?