In order to better accommodate contractors during the busy spring and summer building seasons, City of Yakima building code inspectors have adjusted the hours they work.\u00a0 Throughout the spring and summer building seasons, the City\u2019s building code inspectors will be working from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a small thing for us to do to adjust the working hours of our building code inspectors,\u201d said Code Administration Manager Joe Caruso.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re just changing the inspectors\u2019 work schedule by one hour on each end.\u00a0 But that relatively small adjustment is a pretty big deal for contractors, especially during the summer when work starts earlier in the day in order to avoid the heat,\u201d said Caruso.<\/p>\n
The City\u2019s building code inspectors typically work from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.\u00a0 The City\u2019s Code Administration Division will evaluate whether or not inspectors will return to that schedule this fall.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal is to do whatever we can in order to provide the highest level of customer service possible,\u201d said Caruso.\u00a0 \u201cAdjusting the work schedules of our building code inspectors was actually suggested by the inspectors themselves.\u00a0 We floated the idea by several contractors and they thought it would be very helpful,\u201d said Caruso.\u00a0 \u201cSo, we\u2019re giving it a try and will see if it works as well as we anticipate it will.\u201d<\/p>\n
The work hours adjustments will apply to the City\u2019s three building code inspectors.\u00a0 Combined, the three inspectors complete an average of more than 7,800 inspections each year.<\/p>\n