Ronald Beane Named Vanderburgh County Building Commissioner

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR LLOYD WINNECKE

Mayor Lloyd Winnecke and Vanderburgh County Commission President Joe Kiefer are pleased to announce Ronald Beane has been promoted to Vanderburgh County Building Commissioner. Beane, the former deputy building commissioner, had been serving as the interim building commissioner since January 16, 2015, when Ben Miller resigned from the position with city government to take a job in the private sector.

Beane was hired by the City of Evansville in May 2009 as an inspector for Code Enforcement in the Department of Metropolitan Development (DMD), and was quickly promoted to code enforcement coordinator in November 2009. He became the deputy building commissioner in 2011, when Code Enforcement was transferred from DMD to the Building Commissioner’s office. In his role as deputy commissioner, Beane also coordinated Neighborhood Inspection Services. Prior to that, Beane held positons in sales and management with private companies in Evansville and Southern Indiana.

“Ron Beane is a detail-oriented person who has the skill and ability to manage multiple projects and people while maintaining the high-level of customer service the public expect from the Building Commissioner’s office,” said Mayor Winnecke. “His experience working in DMD and Code Enforcement gives him a unique perspective and a better understanding of the issues developers encounter doing business in our city.”

Commissioner Kiefer said, “Ron brings to this position invaluable experience working on the neighborhood level. Our office looks forward to working closely with him on continued efforts to eliminate blight in the city and county and placing abandoned properties back on the tax roll.”

Beane said he is excited for the opportunity to lead the Building Commissioner’s office, and his number one priority will be customer service.

“I’ve already begun to reach out to our community partners to look for ways to streamline our processes to become more user-friendly,” Beane said. “One of my first tasks involves DMD and the Building Commission convening a meeting of multiple city and county department personnel to address the issue of vacant and abandoned properties and the cost it represents to local government budgets.”