Explanation
The Department of Building and Zoning Services recognizes the importance of attracting the best and most qualified tradespeople in the construction industry. While the Department of Building and Zoning Services is primarily a regulatory agency, it desires to expand its role in promoting and advocating for future tradespeople to have the skills necessary to excel in this vital economic sector. This ordinance will revise Section 4103.14, Fees and assessments, of the Columbus Building Code, Title 41, to allow the Department of Building and Zoning Services to use revenue to implement education and career-based training programs in partnership with the construction industry and Columbus City Schools.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
Title
To amend Section 4103.14, Fees and assessments, of the Columbus City Code, Title 41, to allow revenue of the Department of Building and Zoning Services to be used for education and career-based training programs in partnership with the construction industry and Columbus City Schools.
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Building and Zoning Services is not only a regulator, but also a partner, working with all aspects of the construction industry; and
WHEREAS, the basis of this partnership relies on the ability to have an industry that is able to attract the best and most highly skilled tradespeople possible; and
WHEREAS, to further enhance this partnership and ensure that future tradespeople have the skills necessary to enter this vital economic sector, the Department of Building and Zoning Services seeks to expand its current educational role and develop, in concert with Columbus City Schools, a new career-based training fund and program; and
WHEREAS, this code change will lay the ground work for this new partnership and program, and will ensure that students are prepared to enter pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs with the skills needed to thrive and become successful members of this highly competitive employme...
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