Carbondale Bytelife

In case you're free tonight, the City Council meets at 7 p.m. Here's the agenda. Looks like the last item under general business is the rental inspection fee proposal. There are 4 options proposed for the fee proposal: do nothing; implement a flat $35 per unit fee (the original proposal, for those keeping track); implement a $25 per unit fee with an additional $5 per bedroom and waive the fee for the year or two years following a successful inspection and a re-inspection fee if a unit needs inspection more than once; charge $10 per unit per year with a $100 re-inspection fee if a unit is not in compliance. The recommended option for ease of record keeping and a stable revenue stream to cover the costs of the program is still, ta-dah, option 2.

The Chamber of Commerce had a meeting last Thursday to hash out some alternatives to option 2 so I'd guess that options 3 and 4 result from that meeting.

Labels: City council, housing