Thursday, January 22, 2015

City Council Takes Up Rental Registration Start-Up Funds



The Finance and Personnel Committee (Pinky Vargas Chair/ Michael Lilliquist; Daniel Hammill) will review the Planning Department's proposed start-up budget for the rental registration and inspection ordinance This is scheduled for 2:15 next Monday, 26 January at the committee meeting in council chambers. In the agenda packet is a draft ordinance with the financial changes and a proposed inspection checklist for information only as the list is still under development.  The start-up budget is reasonable and the monies provided will soon be offset by the  fees as more than 8,000 rental properties (with 14,000 units) are registered later this year. 

I have reviewed the checklist and it appears to be fairly comprehensive. It seems to be long but most of the space is taken up by explanatory notes that reference various building codes. I do note the absence of the categories of mold, methamphetamine and lead paint. This link will take you directly to the agenda item materials on the city's website.

1 comment:

Gaythia Weis said...

I would add recent pesticide and rodenticide applications to mold, methamphetamine and lead paint. I think that this information may be crucial to new tenants and should be disclosed with an explanation as to how proper materials and methods were used to mitigate the potential problems.