Fiscal Note
Hearing Examiner services would be provided in 2009 at the same rates ($65 per hour with a $200 maximum per hearing) used in 2008. Reconsideration hearings will have a maximum rate of $200 per hearing which is the same as 2008. The City has agreed to reimburse the Alternate Hearing Examiner to a maximum of $500 for an Errors and Omissions insurance policy. A similar provision has been in effect in the main Hearing Examiner's contract for many years. Funds are included in the Building Inspection Division's 2009 Executive Operating Budget.
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Authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to sign an agreement with Thomas LaFleur, his 2009 contract for professional services as 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 32.06(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 LaFleur for professional services as Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner for the year 2009, the funds for which are available in the budget of the Building Inspection Division to provide professional services for Rent Abatement Hearing Examiners for the year 2009 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 Rent Abatement Hearing Examiner for the Building Inspection Division of the Department of Planning and Community and Economic Development for the calendar year of 2009.