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Maplewood will continue to ig- staff workload,there still will be
z'° nore the"ivory tower"approach coordinated planning,Miller
to community planning,accord- indicated.
ing to City Manager Michael Mil- Miller made a renewed pitch
ler. for the building official—after:
'zap • the council initially rejected the
"It means a.1ot of work but it request—because of the city's
helps to get a better planned building boom.He said the dollar
city,"Miller said.He was re- valuation of building permits has
sponding to a councilman's doubled in the past two years.
assertion that the city's decision
to hire a new senior building in- "Our inspector is carrying
spector should help department over twice the workload of in-
heads return to their normal spectors in other communities,"
duties. he said.
"I WANT planning (people) "I think it would help to take a
sticking to planning and building . load off the planning depart-
(people)on building,"Council- ment,"Mayor John Greavu
man Roger Fontaine said. It asserted.
seems to me that we have all de-
partment heads getting in on it The new building official will
(residential and commercial be responsible,for,among other
development)." things,supervising the issuing of
But Miller,at the recent coun- construction permits.
cil meeting,said:"They(the de- Miller said the official's salary
• partment heads)have attempted could be paid for out of building
to answer questions in their rela- permit revenues.Applications
tive fields."And while the new for the position are being accept-
building official will ease the ed through June 9.