Building Inspector
Dave Roche
most of the budget is payroll, staffing is about the same, we lost an inspector last year
we seem to be maintaining, if things get busy it could get interesting
inspecting yearly for license renewals
economy off, inspections have been steady, permits should be close to what we had last year
not asking for any more by way of expenses
Q
has there been a fee increase?
building inspection fees have been the same for the last six years
Q
steady, but was there a dip?
there was a dip but it has been picking up, compared to other towns we are doing more
some are doing much, we are doing well
we are still building houses, building over 55's, others have stopped
motion to approve, passed 8-0
Appeals
Nutting
the same $5,000 for advertising we ask every year
motion to approve, passed 8-0
Franklin, MA
Showing posts with label building. Show all posts
Showing posts with label building. Show all posts
Monday, May 10, 2010
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Franklin, MA: Building Inspection Department
The Building Inspection Department is a multifunction office responsible for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair and occupancy of all residential, commercial, business and industrial use for both existing and new construction in accordance with the Massachusetts State Building Code. The department is responsible for the administration, interpretation and enforcement of the following codes:
Massachusetts State Building Code - 780CMR
Town of Franklin Code - Zoning – CH 185
Zoning Board of Appeals Agent
Fence Viewer
State Electrical Code – 527 CMR
State Plumbing & Gas Code – 248 CMR
Sealer of Weights and Measure – G.L. CH 98
Architectural Access Board – 521 CMR
Hours of Operation
The Building Inspection Department is open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 8:00a.m. until 4:00p.m., Wednesday 8:00a.m.until 6:00p.m. and Friday 8:00a.m. until 1:00p.m. For your convenience, you may contact our website: at www.franklin.ma.us/inspections. This site contains a series of forms easily accessible and available to download. The website provides permit applications, sample plot plans, sign regulations, swimming pool instruction manuals. Shed/barn instruction manuals, complaint forms, zoning criteria and other information necessary to process a permit or to simply provide information to the public.
Building Department Staff
Building Commissioner/Zoning Officer: David A. Roche
Inspectors:
Local Inspector: Lloyd “Gus” Brown
Local Inspector: Everett “Andy “ Williams
Wire Inspector: Bernard Mullaney
Plumbing/Gas Inspector: Richard Cornetta
Plmb/Gas Inspector: Richard McCormick
Asst Plmb/Gas Inspector: Jay Palermo
Sealer of Weights & Measurers:
Comm. of Mass./Div. of Standards
From the 2009 Town of Franklin Annual Report. This is available in a printed version at the Municipal Building or online at the Town website here.
Massachusetts State Building Code - 780CMR
Town of Franklin Code - Zoning – CH 185
Zoning Board of Appeals Agent
Fence Viewer
State Electrical Code – 527 CMR
State Plumbing & Gas Code – 248 CMR
Sealer of Weights and Measure – G.L. CH 98
Architectural Access Board – 521 CMR
Hours of Operation
The Building Inspection Department is open Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 8:00a.m. until 4:00p.m., Wednesday 8:00a.m.until 6:00p.m. and Friday 8:00a.m. until 1:00p.m. For your convenience, you may contact our website: at www.franklin.ma.us/inspections. This site contains a series of forms easily accessible and available to download. The website provides permit applications, sample plot plans, sign regulations, swimming pool instruction manuals. Shed/barn instruction manuals, complaint forms, zoning criteria and other information necessary to process a permit or to simply provide information to the public.
Building Department Staff
Building Commissioner/Zoning Officer: David A. Roche
Inspectors:
Local Inspector: Lloyd “Gus” Brown
Local Inspector: Everett “Andy “ Williams
Wire Inspector: Bernard Mullaney
Plumbing/Gas Inspector: Richard Cornetta
Plmb/Gas Inspector: Richard McCormick
Asst Plmb/Gas Inspector: Jay Palermo
Sealer of Weights & Measurers:
Comm. of Mass./Div. of Standards
From the 2009 Town of Franklin Annual Report. This is available in a printed version at the Municipal Building or online at the Town website here.
Friday, November 13, 2009
In the News - fire, school money
Homeowner puts out deck fire
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As I read this, it would seem this money will go to pay off some of the existing debt incurred on the building.
Franklin gets money for school building
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
In the News - auction, high school renovations, Patriots TV
As reported during the Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday October 6th, the DPW will be the site of a used vehicle auction. The Town is looking to see if they can obtain more money via the auction than they have obtained via trade-in.
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The first step o the long road to finding out exactly how much the high school renovation (including a possible addition) was taken Tuesday with the approval 11-0 by the Finance Committee of a $1 million bond. The bond will be used to take the next steps per the State process on getting the services of a project manager and architect. There will be at least one more appropriation request before we know the total dollar amount that the project will cost. It will likely not be until late 2011 before the Town gets to vote on some amount of debt override to complete the process and authorize the funds to actually break ground.
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The headline should be corrected to read "Franklin students tackle Patriots TV host spot"
Auction of used Franklin vehicles tomorrow
from The Milford Daily News Homepage RSS-----
The first step o the long road to finding out exactly how much the high school renovation (including a possible addition) was taken Tuesday with the approval 11-0 by the Finance Committee of a $1 million bond. The bond will be used to take the next steps per the State process on getting the services of a project manager and architect. There will be at least one more appropriation request before we know the total dollar amount that the project will cost. It will likely not be until late 2011 before the Town gets to vote on some amount of debt override to complete the process and authorize the funds to actually break ground.
Franklin may spend $1 million on high school study
from The Milford Daily News Homepage RSS-----
The headline should be corrected to read "Franklin students tackle Patriots TV host spot"
Franklin students tackles Patriots TV host spot
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Live reporting - Facilities
Mike D'Angelo
Any structure that is owned by the town we cover. Electricians, plumbers, roofers, etc. We handle all major construction.
Everything I touch cost more today, plastic bags, etc. The labor market hasn't changed much but all the supplies have.
Signed a natural gas and propane contract, only going up 2.5% is great. It is a significant piece overall but controlled.
Electric put in at a 15% increase.
Water/sewer up due to the rate increase.
Telephone - bringing the police online so all the buildings will be connected and on the same network
How many FTEs?
35 full time, 10 part time and then 4 management staff
The things that are hurting me. The cost of the products that we are buying to replace are killing me. Not labor, just parts.
Will you exceed the $362,000 this year?
I can't. Stuff won't get done.
Remington-Jefferson is 14 years, no longer new; Keller-Sullivan is not new
The King St Fire Station is 10 years.
Can we look at a 5 year period?
But we have new buildings, new town hall, senior center, fire station...
Need to look at the increase in square foot increases year over year, at window sq footage, windows need to be washed
The telephone consulting is actually giving us money back. Reducing lines, keeping numbers. Eventually we want to go with fiber optics, that will help us save more.
5 leased, 4 at Parmenter, one at the High School. All the original ones were leased to own.
Bartlett - What is the life expectancy?
At 15 years, you might expect a total replacement. We did 8, 8, and 10. The first ones are 10 years old.
If you can help us with a narrative description?
Yes
You got to fix the things that you need to fix. As you go towards the end, you hope things don't break that cost a lot of money. You make it though the heating season, and then adjust.
Request is to add staff back at both the school and town. We lost 8 custodians. we clean bathrooms, we clean cafeterias, the rooms are lucky if they get cleaned once a week.
You can always make the schools look good on day one. Going through the year, it gets tougher.
We lost 8 out of forty, that was 20% of the staff. When a custodial system starts deteriorating, you go down a trouble road.
At an elementary level , the standard is a custodian can clean about 25,000 sq feet.
The high school is continuing to grow, maybe it will stop in a couple of years but it is a constant activity day and night.
We would add back four in the first year plus some part timers.
We don't pain enough, we could use the summer help to paint at least in year one. Then try to get the proper amount of folks in to maintain it on-going.
Using students as the part time help, gave them a job and ownership. They gained some respect for the work and effort to paint, clean the school. They would help police the other students to not write on the walls, etc.
Big difference in using students for help between what you can do with a public school versus a private school.
How much more do we spend at the high school due to its age versus the other schools?
I budget by school so I could look at the details. we actually have replaced a lot of systems there with 20/20, etc. If we had not done that, I'd be in trouble. A new high school will increase utility costs but reduce maintenance costs.
No more presentations for next time. Let's start to work on the model.
Look at minutes for the 4th and 18th to see. We should have them on the agenda to approve them next time.
Motion to adjourn.
Any structure that is owned by the town we cover. Electricians, plumbers, roofers, etc. We handle all major construction.
Everything I touch cost more today, plastic bags, etc. The labor market hasn't changed much but all the supplies have.
Signed a natural gas and propane contract, only going up 2.5% is great. It is a significant piece overall but controlled.
Electric put in at a 15% increase.
Water/sewer up due to the rate increase.
Telephone - bringing the police online so all the buildings will be connected and on the same network
How many FTEs?
35 full time, 10 part time and then 4 management staff
The things that are hurting me. The cost of the products that we are buying to replace are killing me. Not labor, just parts.
Will you exceed the $362,000 this year?
I can't. Stuff won't get done.
Remington-Jefferson is 14 years, no longer new; Keller-Sullivan is not new
The King St Fire Station is 10 years.
Can we look at a 5 year period?
But we have new buildings, new town hall, senior center, fire station...
Need to look at the increase in square foot increases year over year, at window sq footage, windows need to be washed
The telephone consulting is actually giving us money back. Reducing lines, keeping numbers. Eventually we want to go with fiber optics, that will help us save more.
5 leased, 4 at Parmenter, one at the High School. All the original ones were leased to own.
Bartlett - What is the life expectancy?
At 15 years, you might expect a total replacement. We did 8, 8, and 10. The first ones are 10 years old.
If you can help us with a narrative description?
Yes
You got to fix the things that you need to fix. As you go towards the end, you hope things don't break that cost a lot of money. You make it though the heating season, and then adjust.
Request is to add staff back at both the school and town. We lost 8 custodians. we clean bathrooms, we clean cafeterias, the rooms are lucky if they get cleaned once a week.
You can always make the schools look good on day one. Going through the year, it gets tougher.
We lost 8 out of forty, that was 20% of the staff. When a custodial system starts deteriorating, you go down a trouble road.
At an elementary level , the standard is a custodian can clean about 25,000 sq feet.
The high school is continuing to grow, maybe it will stop in a couple of years but it is a constant activity day and night.
We would add back four in the first year plus some part timers.
We don't pain enough, we could use the summer help to paint at least in year one. Then try to get the proper amount of folks in to maintain it on-going.
Using students as the part time help, gave them a job and ownership. They gained some respect for the work and effort to paint, clean the school. They would help police the other students to not write on the walls, etc.
Big difference in using students for help between what you can do with a public school versus a private school.
How much more do we spend at the high school due to its age versus the other schools?
I budget by school so I could look at the details. we actually have replaced a lot of systems there with 20/20, etc. If we had not done that, I'd be in trouble. A new high school will increase utility costs but reduce maintenance costs.
No more presentations for next time. Let's start to work on the model.
Look at minutes for the 4th and 18th to see. We should have them on the agenda to approve them next time.
Motion to adjourn.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
live update - building use policy
First reading of the building use policy KF.
Fee schedule will looked at quarterly to see and ensure that the fund breaks even.
Kelly - question on need of inspector to check the connections?
Trahan - will check on, don't believe so
Kelly - does fee schedule cover the custodial services?
Sabolinski - yes, that is built into the fee structure. The building coordinator was not previously part of the fee structure, it is now.
Looking to cover our costs and to provide the buildings for the community to use in a fair way.
Mullen - finds a number of minor typos and inconsistency all minor and no real issue of policy just looking to make the document read well. This is a nice document and well done.
Folks have already been told that the new building use fee schedule will be coming as of July 1.
Rohrbach - have prohibition against alcohol and smoking, what about adding drugs?
Motion to move to second reading
Approved
Fee schedule will looked at quarterly to see and ensure that the fund breaks even.
Kelly - question on need of inspector to check the connections?
Trahan - will check on, don't believe so
Kelly - does fee schedule cover the custodial services?
Sabolinski - yes, that is built into the fee structure. The building coordinator was not previously part of the fee structure, it is now.
Looking to cover our costs and to provide the buildings for the community to use in a fair way.
Mullen - finds a number of minor typos and inconsistency all minor and no real issue of policy just looking to make the document read well. This is a nice document and well done.
Folks have already been told that the new building use fee schedule will be coming as of July 1.
Rohrbach - have prohibition against alcohol and smoking, what about adding drugs?
Motion to move to second reading
Approved
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Fire Station Open House (audio)
The ceremonies from the Fire Station Open House on Saturday. The speakers were in order: Lou Allevato, Building Committee Chair; Chris Feeley, Town Council Chair; Rep Vallee and his special assistant; Chief McCarraher; and Father Bob from St Mary's.
Time: 17 minutes, 50 seconds
MP3 File
Time: 17 minutes, 50 seconds
MP3 File
Franklin Fire Station Open House 4/12/08
The speakers (in order of appearance) at the Fire Station Open House held Saturday 4/12/08:
Top left - Lou Allevato, Building Committee Chair
Top right - Chris Feeley, Town Council Chair
Mid left - Rep Vallee and his special assistant
Mid right - Chief McCarraher
Bottom left - Father Bob
Bottom right - the flag raising
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Boston Globe gets to the high school renovation
The Boston Globe Sunday edition of Globe West caught up to the FHS renovation or build a new school question, both of which are rather pricing. Yet, with a warning already we could loose the accreditation and jeopardize the plans for our students unless we do something.
The question is what? and for how much?
Read the Globe article here
The question is what? and for how much?
Read the Globe article here
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Pictures from the FHS presentation
Option One - the new auditorium and science wing would be added to the right of the existing facility
Option Two - the auditorum would be added to the right (as in One) but the science wing would be added to the left
Option Three - the auditorum and entrance would be re-done up front, the science wing wold be added on the right and more would be done in the central sections of the building
This a rendering of what the new school would look like from the air above Oak Street for Option Three
This rendering depicts the new school option building on the left of the existing field house, coming into the tennis courts and baseball/softball fields (but not to the new track). The fields used in this new building option would be relocated to the space where the old building stands now (after it was torn down).
Franklin High School Renovation Alternatives (audio)
The presentation by Kaestle Boos on the options for renovating the existing building or building a new school around the existing field house.
Time: 13 minutes, 28 seconds
MP3 File
Time: 13 minutes, 28 seconds
MP3 File
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