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Barry County land division fees go up Jan 1, 2017, soil erosion fees may

Most of the short Barry County Commission meeting Tuesday was taken up by commissioners acting on recommendations made last week by its committee of the whole. The only discussion centered on price hikes for land division and soil erosion permits from the Planning Department, to be effective Jan. 1, 2017.

 

Commissioner Jim Dull said sometimes prices have to raised, and he had no problem with the land division increase, but the soil erosion permit could probably be done for less by hiring Professional Code Inspectors (PCI) to do the permitting, as they did several years ago.

Dull said soil erosion permits do require several visits by planning staff, but PCI is at the site often for their part of the process, and could easily add the soil erosion inspections along with regular duties.

 

“Just because one department is not as efficient an another is no reason to raise fees,” he said.

The commission approved the increases in land division and soil erosion permits as well as some published material by a 6-1 vote with Dull dissenting. However, Commissioner Craig Stolsonburg said he and County Administrator Michael Brown and will talk to PCI about what they would charge and report back to the commission.

 

In other business, the commission approved:

* a contract with Land and Resource Engineering for engineering services for permanent repairs to Gun Lake Dam for not more than $24,950.

* selling a 2005 and a 2006 Chevrolet Tahoe by the highest sealed bid.

* removing the crematorium from the Barry County Animal Shelter for safety reasons and use the cremation services of Noah’s Pet Cemetery.

* entry into the Farmland and Open Space Preservation program (PA 116) by Rachelle and Matthew Henney in Section 1 of Castleton Township.

* Equalization Director Tim Vandermark’s 2016 apportionment report, to be sent to the State of Michigan by Nov. 30.

 

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