What do you know about Ralph Welton, a former City of Ann Arbor building official?

Timeline

June, 2015. The Building Official Vanishes: Five months after Ralph Welton's ouster, contractors remain furious--and apprehensive. Eve Silberman, Ann Arbor Observer. '"I'm very concerned about the city going back to the way it was," says Geoff Perkins, a board member of the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Ann Arbor. He and other members complain that before Welton was hired as the city's chief development officer in 2010, they got little response when they protested arbitrary decisions by city inspectors. The situation got so bad, says Perkins, that frustrated builders used "comment time" at city council meetings to vent their complaints. In contrast, they say, Welton returned calls quickly, and took action when needed, even if it meant overruling his inspectors."

January 12, 2015. Ann Arbor building department official resigns following internal investigations. Ryan Stanton, Ann Arbor News.