It feels a bit like the great toilet roll grab of 2020 at the moment with dwindling supplies and our builders’ merchant limiting us to one pallet of cement a day. Dan Grimshaw is founder of Beam Development
True, the so-called ‘perfect storm’ of Brexit, Covid and the Suez blockage has left the British building industry in the midst of a supply chain crisis; prices are going through the roof and activity levels at a seven-year high. Yet, the present disruption, although tough to take, could ultimately hasten a long-overdue modernisation of the sector and deliver a fundamentally-different ‘new normal’. It could lead to a visible shift to a more-considered, more-productive, more-planned way of working in the next five to 10 years.
Tuscola extends declaration to allow virtual meetings
Mary Drier, For the Tribune
May 4, 2021
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The Tuscola County Courthouse.(Caro Chamber of Commerce)
TUSCOLA COUNTY With only hours to spare, Tuscola County commissioners agreed April 29 to extend a local declaration of emergency to allow virtual meetings to continue in the county.
The state of emergency commissioners approved in March after a three hour discussion extended the declaration until April 30.
Although showing some improvement, the number of COVID cases in Tuscola County is still a concern, so after more than an hour of discussion, the declaration was extended.
During audience participation, there were a few like Unionville Village Clerk Jessica VanHove, Kingston School District Superintendent Matt Drake, Tuscola County Road Commission Finance Director Mike Tuckey, and County Clerk Jodi Fetting, and some others who said they wanted the declaration extended.
Tuscola s airport threatens legal action against township and building codes
Mary Drier, For the Tribune
April 26, 2021
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TUSCOLA COUNTY Some of the recent business development in Tuscola County’s Indianfields Township is being challenged with legal action.
The Tuscola Area Airport Authority approved taking legal action against individuals and municipalities that are disregarding their lawful duties to obey the airport overlay and its accompanying county ordinance.
TAAA sent notice to Tuscola County leaders it intends to seek legal action.
The issue centers on SCMCCI, which is the agency Tuscola County Commissioners hired to handle building codes in the county, and with Indianfields Township allegedly allowing improper business development around the airport in violation of the county s airport ordinance.