Despite a better month of August in permit values, building permit totals remain way down for the year in the city of North Battleford.
August numbers released at Monday’s city council meeting show that, through the month of August, 63 permits have been issued for $3,747,700, down from 89 permits issued for $16,785,600 a year earlier.
But August numbers saw six permits issued for $1,106,500, which compared to 10 permits for $489,000 for the same month in 2018.
Increases in permit values were seen in the commercial alterations category, with two permits issued for $413,500 (compared to three for $203,000 in 2018), and there was one new two-family permit issued for $317,000, one industrial alteration issued for $220,000. One residential alteration permit was issued for $140,000, and the last permit was an institutional alteration for $16,000.
Building permits aren’t the only category going down this year; so are business licenses. A total of 944 had been issued through August for fees collected of $199,490, down from 956 for $213,135 for the same period a year earlier.
