2025 Budget for the City of Shakopee

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2025 Annual Budget

Division: Building Inspections Category: Public Safety

Description of Services: Provide effective and timely review of building permit and other building related applications and inspections to the City’s constituents and outside parties.

Employees:

2022

2023

2024

2025

Director of Planning & Development

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Building Official Building Inspector

1 4 0 2 1

1 4 1 2 1

1 4 1 2 1

1 5 1 2 1

Rental Housing Inspector

Permit Coordinator

Administrative Assistant

Total

8.1

9.1

9.1

10.1

Accomplishments:  The city continues to provide enhancements to our e-permitting system and is working towards online inspection scheduling. ACH transactions are now accepted.  Canterbury continues to be very busy for inspectors with the amphitheater, finalization of the second phase of Triple Crown and opening of a new restaurant building.  2024 was very busy with many single-family home inspections and a new apartment building, The Blakely at Windermere and a new Circle K across the street.,  The rental inspector visited a number of properties across the city including single-family, townhomes and several large apartment complexes completing inspections and correction reports. Goals/Challenges:  Ensure residents are safe in their buildings while also providing great customer service with timely inspections  Single family home production continued strong for 2024 despite interest rates

Performance Measures:

Actual 2022 15,155

Actual 2023 13,895

Projected 2024

Projected 2025

Number of Inspections

17,000

18,000

Number of Permits

8,187 3,031

7,451 1,985

7,500 2,300

8,000 2,400

Average Inspection/Employee