Building Dept. By-Law Enforcement Facilities Division The rationale for how we budget.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Building Department Building Permit issuance and review for Amaranth, East Garafraxa, Grand Valley, Melancthon, Mono, Mulmur and Shelburne By-Law enforcement for Dufferin County and 6 of its Municipalities Facilities Division Ongoing maintenance, and repair of all County owned facilities and properties, including social housing Planning and execution of capital budget, including new and retrofit projects Negotiate land and leasing of properties
HOW WE VE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS Building Department 2016 has been again a very busy year even though we have decrease Building Permit fees by 20% since 2014 we are still maintaining a positive cash flow Now responsible for source water protection through the septic system re-inspection program New building code regulations coming effective 2017 Increased Building Inspection staff by 1 inspector and 1 plans examiner Facilities Division Ongoing projects under Ontario Green Energy Act. Addition of five major facilities Assist other departments with facility related matters
BUILDING SOME RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND GOALS Accomplishments Reduced building permit fees by 20% and maintaining a positive cashflow Continuation of septic re-inspection program Bylaw enforcement calls at a record high Council approved incentive program for installation of Hurricane Clips to start in 2017 Goals Implement protocol to reduce tornado damage (3.3.2) Continue Building Inspector s ongoing education
FACILITIES SOME RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS & GOALS Accomplishments New storage building for Waste Management at the Primrose yard Replace the hot water boiler systems at 227 William Street Shelburne, 71 Emma Street Grand Valley and 22 Third Ave Orangeville that should realize 35% cost savings Ongoing replacement of interior common area lighting with LED fixtures in our Social Housing Buildings Completed over 900 work orders on all facilities buildings with no time lost due to injury Received Communities in Bloom Award for best public building Built additional garden Boxes for Social Housing Buildings Goals Continue energy improvement over all facilities (4.4.3) Increase partnerships with local agencies and groups (4.2.2) Continue exploring new funding sources (4.3.2 )
2017 OPERATING BUDGET: - 0.58% or -$4,175 What s new for Operating aside from the status-quo? Building Revenues: Building permit fees reflect a continued growth in permit activity 2017 budget includes a fee reduction of an additional 10% this will now bring Building Permit fees down 30% in the last 3 years Small increase in nuisance beavers to reflect actual
2017 CAPITAL BUDGET: Elizabeth Street Parking Lot Roof of 1988 addition of court house Repave Elizabeth St north parking lot Court House chimney retrofit Replace balcony handrails and guards at 250 Simon Street Shelburne Resurface concrete garage parking area at 71 Emma Street Grand Valley Upgrade 250 Simon, 71 Emma street make up air units Continuation of 250 Simon roof retrofit Washroom renovation at Primrose yard Replacement garage doors at the Shelburne Ambulance station Replace exhibit lighting to LED and Silo window replacement at the Museum
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