Nutter's funding plans for L&I

Following the 2013 Center City building collapse that killed six people and injured 13, committees tasked by City Council and the Nutter administration to look into how to reform the Department of Licenses and Inspections concluded that the regulatory agency was underfunded.

The department is budgeted at $28.8 million and 353 positions, 20 of which are unfilled. On Thursday, Mayor Nutter responded by calling for an extra $10.8 million for L&I, spread over three years.

The first $5.5 million, to be allocated in 2016, would go toward hiring 43 employees, most of them building inspectors, and for new technology.

The budget also calls for a $740,000 data system to collect information on every parcel in the city. The database would be used to keep track of vacant, abandoned, and dangerous buildings.

Also in the budget is $9 million for demolitions.

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