SALISBURY — A resolution to amend membership requirements for Salisbury’s Housing Board of Adjustments and Appeals (HBAA) failed to advance to a legislative vote again this week as more questions arose over how much expertise the board needs and how much authority the City Council has in its stipulations.
The debate over what changes are needed in Salisbury’s HBAA began earlier this winter with the city administration pushing for looser standards. The council has considered several possible changes, including dropping all professional requirements from the board, which currently has members with health and architectural backgrounds.
“I didn’t feel there’s a strong argument to be made for keeping the health professional or the architectural professional on the board,” said Council President Jake Day Monday. “Having sat on the Housing Board I think it requires a reasonable person more than it does require a particular set of professional knowledge. That was something that I felt strongly about.”
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7 comments:
Maybe someone could elaborate in people terms what the deal is.
"Several on the council also expressed an interest in adding stipulations mandating that board members keep up to date with the most recent training in the field."
Are board members arbitrators to some degree, ruling on violation appeals?
Yeah, we don't need a bunch of seasoned professionals calling the shots for our town! Heck, any "Good Ole' Boy could make any zoning appeal that comes down the road! We can just make our zoning calls off the cuff, it's that simple.
Nothing could go wrong here.....
So, they want to appoint people to the board that have no clue what they are doing. Typical Democrats!
Of course Tom Stevenson, sympathetic to some powerful landlords wants looser stipulations and Jake Day woul like to help make that happen. Look where his money came from in the campaign.
Lets just get somebody's bestest friend who used to do some home construction without a license do the job. They can handle this simple stuff.
Let's not clutter up our system with responsible licensed professionals! Joe here can fill in since he ain't got no job nohow!
The lack of professionals in positions of leadership in Salisbury iis sad. As citizens we deserve better.
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