Fiscal Note
Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner services will be provided in 2015 at a rate of $70.00 per hour with a $210 maximum per hearing. Reconsideration hearings will have a maximum rate of $210 per hearing. Funds are included in the Building Inspection Division's 2015 Executive Operating Budget.
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Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to sign an agreement with Thomas Boykoff, his 2015 Contract for Professional Services as a Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner for the Building Inspection Division of the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development.
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WHEREAS, Section 32.04(4)(e)2., Madison General Ordinances, entitles Rent Abatement Hearing Examiners to conduct hearings on requests for authorization for rent abatement and to determine the exact amount of rent, if any, which may be abated pursuant to the Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the Landlord and Tenant Issues Committee voted to recommend entering into an agreement with Thomas Boykoff for professional services as a Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner for the year 2015, the funds for which are available in the budget of the Building Inspection Division as set forth in the fiscal note above.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the City Clerk be and hereby are authorized to sign, on behalf of the City, an agreement with the aforementioned attorney providing for services as a Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner for the Building Inspection Division of the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development for the calendar year of 2015.