1. CIMCITY COMMISSION INFORMATION MEMORANDUM
October 6, 2014
ADMINISTRATIVE BRIEF FROM Gary Hobbie Building Services
We are pleased to have a new Building Official join our staff and we will welcome Jim Brown on
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August 15 his initial starting date. Mr. Brown comes to us with a varied background in
construction, construction management, building inspections and as a building official, most
recently in Prairie Village Kansas. Mr. Brown is coming to us in an opportune time with multiple
school projects beginning in the next few months. Mr. Brown will have staff oversight for three
inspection and plan review staff and will eventually oversee our property maintenance code. Mr.
Brown’s previous experience fit him well within our city organization.
This has not been the largest year we have seen for new building construction, to date or the end
of July we have had thirty five new homes and one new duplex constructed, which is lagging
behind our lowest year in 2012. We have seen ten new commercial structures begin construction
this year with several manufacturing business expansions underway. A total of 1269 Building
permits have been issued with a total valuation of $24,855,000 as calculated by city staff, has
been issued so far this year.
NewCommercial 12 NewBuildingFinish 6
NewSingleFamily
NewBuildingShell 1 W/Basement 28
NewSingleFamilySlabon
22
Grade 7 AccessoryBuilding
NewStorageBuilding 14 NewDuplex 1
LimitedService&Repair
Furnace 148 LSRAirConditioning 77
LSRDormantGas 64 LSRDormantElectrical 24
LSRElectrical 191 LSRGeneralMechanical 28
LSRGeneralPlumbing 49 LSRWater Heaters 185
ManufacturedHomeSet 10 EgressWindows 18
CountyNewCommercial 2 DeckConstruction 10
Basement Finish 15 SingleFamilyAddition 7
CommercialAddition 2 DemolitionCommercial 3
DemolitionResidential 4 CommunicationEquipment 17
Fireworks 7 FoundationRepair 1
This is a brief yet modified overview of our building permits issued this year. Our new software
helps us track permits much easier, and has allowed us to break down our permit projects in a
more exacting way which allows us to better determine our staff work load. We continue to work
on property maintenance issues when staff has time, and those statistics will be presented later
this year. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Gary Hobbie in Community &
Development Services Departments at 309-5715.