Ignace seek outside help with building matters
A lack of qualified staff has led Ignace to sign an agreement with a southern Ontario firm to handle chief building official services.
The deal with RMS Building Consultants is viewed as a temporary measure to ensure the town meets legislative requirements.
The agreement with the Cambridge, Ontario, firm was necessary because Ignace lacks sufficient qualified staff to handle building matters such as building permit reviews, inspections and enforcement.
The town also has a number of large projects in the works.
Chief Administrative Officer Aaron Gullins says recruitment for an in-house building official is underway.
“If we can’t find one who already is a CBO, we could hire somebody who potentially wants to be a CBO,” says Gullins.
“This company also does mentorship, and they provided a cost to mentor this person to a point at which they would be able to conduct those inspections for themselves.”
In the meantime, building matters will be left to RMS to handle for now.
Gullins says in many cases, it will handle communication with builders virtually.
“Normally, they don’t come up. Normally, they have an agreement with the person applying, and they’ve worked out a way where they’ll have a virtual interface, and they’ll say point to this, look at this,” says Gullins.
A set of fees has been established for the work that will be provided.
