Amending Ordinance #8228-91 Relating to the registration of Building Contractors

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'>r .r, • • Mr. Stephen Luecke June 2, 1992 Page 2 When the ordinance relating to building contractor registration was passed, it was anticipated that the Building Department would hire an additional person to handle the increased paperwork required by the registration process. We have not yet been able to contemplate the hiring of this additional person, since we do not have adequate space for the people that we currently have Additionally, the registration process will require a computerized system if it is to be done properly. We have not had the City' s computer system installed in the Building Department, since this, is an expensive process and since we contemplate moving in the near future. Accordingly, since the current Building Department has neither the space, the personnel nor the computers to begin the registration process, we are requesting a four-month delay in implementation, which will, hopefully, give us adequate time to resolve these problems. 2. The summer is, for obvious reasons, the busiest time in the Building Department. Totally apart from our current problems, it would be far easier to set up and implement a registration or licensing process for contractors during the winter months. Since registrations and licenses are to be annual, it would certainly be easier for the Building Department to handle the renewal process in November than it would be to handle the same process in July. Delaying the process to November, therefore, is also better from a planning and time allocation point of view. 3. I currently have a meeting scheduled with the Home Builders Association and intend to discuss, in addition to other matters, the idea of extending the building contractors' registration and licensing county-wide. This would, of course, require County Council action. However, if I can obtain the support of the Home Builders Association, it is quite possible that, by November, legislation could be in place that would permit county-wide registration. I would think that a combined registration would be attractive to the Home Builders Association members and would be in harmony with the philosophy and benefits of the consolidated Building Department. An opportunity to do a combined registration would be another benefit in delaying the registration to November. For the reasons stated above, it is my belief that delaying the effective date of Ordinance No. 8228-91 to November 1, 1992 is in the best interest of the City and the consolidated Building Department.