The City of Moose Jaw has a new building official in Cynthia Starchuk, who replaces one of two in-house officials who quit in April 2022.
City council unanimously approved Starchuk’s appointment as the class 3 building official during the July 24 regular meeting, using section 16 of The Construction Code Act as its authority, and instructed the mayor and city clerk to sign the appointment certificate.
Starchuk starts Tuesday, Aug. 1.
City hall has contracted building official duties — as required — to MuniCode Services Ltd. since 2009, and after the two in-house building officials quit last spring, the company completed all work for building inspections and plan reviews, a council report explained.
Council appointed Jordan Hoffort as a building official last June, while city hall hired a class 1 official in October, which meant MuniCode was performing less work in this area, the report continued. With the hiring of Starchuk, the municipality will no longer be required to contract out any work — including completing all building plan reviews and inspections — to that company.
Michelle Sanson, director of planning and development, explained that a class 1 building official can only assess residential dwellings, while class 2 and 3 officials can inspect industrial or commercial buildings.
The next regular council meeting is Monday, Aug. 14.
