Puslinch permit values jump over $37,000

One can call it a bit of good News in Puslinch.

As CBO Robert Kelly’s monthly building report came in, council quickly noted that permit fees for March are $37,000 more than the same time period last year.

At $38,663, building permits are considerably over the $1,447 generated in March 2012.

In fact, the amount is more than all the permits from the first three months of 2012 - about $33,000.

Thus far into 2013 the township has collected fees of $71,292 on construction with an estimated value of $5,658,300.

Mayor Dennis Lever said he was uncertain he’d seen an increase of that amount for a single month. “It looks good though,” Kelly responded.

“It does indeed.” Lever said.

“It must have been a little busy in the department ... a time of year everyone wants to get going.”

Kelly said last year, the influx of permits didn’t come until late April or early May.

“So ... it’s not the weather,” Lever said.