From the Record:
Towns taking critical look at inspector schedules
By SHAWN BOBURG and MATTHEW VAN DUSEN
Officials in several North Jersey communities said Monday that they will examine building officials’ work schedules after The Record found dozens of inspectors working jobs with overlapping hours in numerous towns.
Officials in eight communities said they will look at whether their inspectors are too burdened to do their jobs thoroughly or work the hours for which they are paid. Leaders in other towns said they are confident property owners are well served by local building officials.
An investigation by The Record found dozens of North Jersey building officials held five or more jobs in different towns in 2005 and were paid for 50 to 70 hours a week. More than 20 had overlapping hours, according to work schedules submitted to the state.
The state Department of Community Affairs, which oversees and licenses building officials, has said municipalities, which pay the officials, share responsibility for monitoring their hours.
In Ridgefield, where construction official Robert K. Rogers overlooked code violations that cost homeowners tens of thousands of dollars to repair, Mayor Anthony Suarez said Monday that he will propose an ordinance limiting the borough’s construction official to one outside job.
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