Fiscal Note
Hearing Examiner services would be provided in 2007 at a rate unchanged from 2006 of $60 per hour with a $200 maximum per hearing; reconsideration hearings will have a maximum rate of $200 per hearing. Funds are included in the Building Inspection 2007 Executive Operating budget.
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Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to sign an agreement with Thomas M. LaFleur, his contract for professional services as Alternate Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner for the Building Inspection Unit of the Department of Planning and Development.
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WHEREAS, Section 32.06(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 Housing Committee voted to recommend entering into an agreement with Thomas M. LaFleur for professional services as Alternate Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner for the year 2007, the funds for which are available in the budget of the Department of Planning and Development, to provide professional services for Rent Abatement Hearing Examiners for the year 2007 as set forth in the fiscal note above.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Clerk be and hereby are authorized to sign, on behalf of the City, an agreement with the aforementioned attorney providing for services as Alternate Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner for the Building Inspection Unit of the Department of Planning and Development for the calendar year 2007.
ANALYSIS: This resolution enters into an agreement for an Alternate Rental Abatement Hearing Examiner Contract with Thomas M. LaFleur for 2007 at the same hourly rate of $60.00 as Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner, Thomas Boykoff.