Construction activity during the first six months of 2018 was well ahead of last year’s pace.
A report from chief building official Patty Wright presented at the July 10 Mapleton council meeting shows 48 building permits were issued in June, for construction valued at about $30.7 million.
That’s up from roughly $7.1 million worth of construction generated by 60 permits in June of 2017.
The building department issued 197 permits to the end of June, for construction valued at $59.1 – compared to 173 permits for $25.2 million worth of construction during the same period in 2017.
Year to date permit fees generated $337,457 in revenue, compared to $219,813 for the first six months of 2017.
The industrial sector, with two permits for $25.6 million worth of construction, led the activity last month.
Agricultural construction generated about $2.6 million worth of construction on 14 permits last month, and single family residential dwellings accounted for three permits and $1.8 million worth of construction.
Year to date, the industrial sector is leading the building boom, with a total of six permits for construction valued at $26.8 million.
Agricultural construction is next, with 75 permits generating $17 million in building activity, followed by single family residential with 15 permits and total construction value of $8.4 million.
“The three-year average of fees collected by the building department for the month of June is $65,826.39,” noted Wright in her report.
“Therefore, the current month is just below the three-year average.
“Year to date numbers range from $146,164 to $238,249 over the past three years and the average of fees collected to date from 2015 to 2017 is $ $201,342.
“The current year to date is above the three-year range and above the three-year average.”
Mayor Neil Driscoll said, “Coming through the countryside of Mapleton the last few days you can see the building that’s going on.
“I don’t know how you get to all those sites to do the inspections. So kudos to you and your whole department.”
