May 27, 2019

Inspections update at May meeting

The May 21, 2019 monthly meeting of the Woodland Heights Organization (WHO) featured 1 main guest, before the regular NBSD report, some new business, and regular reports.

City of Des Moines Neighborhood Inspector Supervisor, Chris Heilskov
shares NID information at the May 21, 2019 WHO meeting

Chris Heilskov, a Neighborhood Inspector Supervisor at the City of Des Moines, updated Woodland Heights neighbors about the current status and operations of Community Development's NID and what neighbors can expect in the near future.
Heilskov has 2 peer Inspector Supervisors (total of 3 citywide) who oversee 17 inspectors (designated to different zones within the city (Chris presented a map of the different zones).
Heilskov addressed the budget changes that will be coming with the 1% Local Option Sales and Service Tax (LOSST) that will go into effect July 1. 
One of several interesting stats was that as of 5/21 there were 128 open inspections cases within the boundaries of Woodland Heights. 
Look for more info about inspection at the June 18 WHO meeting where our neighborhood inspector is planning on giving meeting attendees further updates on his work within Woodland Heights.

Other meeting highlights included the NBSD report, presented by Officer Scarlett (DMPD), some discussion of traffic issues during New Business, and reports on WHO committees, the monument sign (near MLK and Cottage Grove), and more.
Find the full minutes on the 'Calendar' section of this weblog.



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