Amador County – The Ione City Council on Tuesday will consider a draft response to the 2009-2010 civil Grand Jury report that in part recommended reducing the city’s building inspector position. City Manager Kim Kerr and staff prepared a response, but did not address the staffing recommendation because she was unable to schedule a meeting with the building inspector to discuss the draft response. She said she would update the council at the meeting. Background information in the staff report noted that staff had identified in 2007 that “the city had not collected fees consistently.” The issue was discovered in the city’s financial audit of fiscal year 2005-2006, including “specific findings related to the building department. Kerr said she “has been working with all city departments that have a fee associated with building permits, sewer connections” and planning entitlements to ensure that Ione “is assessing and collecting the appropriate fee for each building permit, sewer connection fee,” or planning project. Kerr said in 2008-2009, the council adopted the city “Framework for Planning, Entitlement Review and Development,” which incorporates the “fees associated with any type of permit or application involving real property or projects” in the city. The framework “documented the process for permit approval and combined all impact fees into one location,” the draft response said. In January 2009, an internal staff memo was used to help “apply the appropriate fee on certain types of building permits.” Kerr said “some building permit fees are based on the project costs and others are a set fee without considering the project cost.” An audit in late 2009 and early 2010 showed “the city had not been collecting the fees consistently, but there had been significant improvement.” Kerr in a memo last month said she “will review all permits to ensure the appropriate fees are assessed and collected based on the specific project. The council will discuss the draft response and could correct it if necessary. If finalized, the council could authorize Mayor Skip Schaufel to sign the response. The council on Tuesday will also consider an appointment to the city Parks & Recreation Commission. The council could consider appointing School Board President Karl Knobelauch to replace Commissioner Baldwin, who will be stepping down. The council previously considered Knobelauch for the position, but believed only 1 out-of-town resident could sit on the commission. Staff reported that the city code actually requires that only 3 of the 5 park and recreation commissioners live inside city limits. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Monday, 19 July 2010 08:18
Ione to Look at Draft Grand Jury Response
Amador County – The Ione City Council on Tuesday will consider a draft response to the 2009-2010 civil Grand Jury report that in part recommended reducing the city’s building inspector position. City Manager Kim Kerr and staff prepared a response, but did not address the staffing recommendation because she was unable to schedule a meeting with the building inspector to discuss the draft response. She said she would update the council at the meeting. Background information in the staff report noted that staff had identified in 2007 that “the city had not collected fees consistently.” The issue was discovered in the city’s financial audit of fiscal year 2005-2006, including “specific findings related to the building department. Kerr said she “has been working with all city departments that have a fee associated with building permits, sewer connections” and planning entitlements to ensure that Ione “is assessing and collecting the appropriate fee for each building permit, sewer connection fee,” or planning project. Kerr said in 2008-2009, the council adopted the city “Framework for Planning, Entitlement Review and Development,” which incorporates the “fees associated with any type of permit or application involving real property or projects” in the city. The framework “documented the process for permit approval and combined all impact fees into one location,” the draft response said. In January 2009, an internal staff memo was used to help “apply the appropriate fee on certain types of building permits.” Kerr said “some building permit fees are based on the project costs and others are a set fee without considering the project cost.” An audit in late 2009 and early 2010 showed “the city had not been collecting the fees consistently, but there had been significant improvement.” Kerr in a memo last month said she “will review all permits to ensure the appropriate fees are assessed and collected based on the specific project. The council will discuss the draft response and could correct it if necessary. If finalized, the council could authorize Mayor Skip Schaufel to sign the response. The council on Tuesday will also consider an appointment to the city Parks & Recreation Commission. The council could consider appointing School Board President Karl Knobelauch to replace Commissioner Baldwin, who will be stepping down. The council previously considered Knobelauch for the position, but believed only 1 out-of-town resident could sit on the commission. Staff reported that the city code actually requires that only 3 of the 5 park and recreation commissioners live inside city limits. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.Latest from
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