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Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:00 AM

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Steve King, with Pride Services, Pomona, works Monday afternoon on an electrical breaker box at a residential construction site in the 500 block of North Cedar Street in Ottawa. Ottawa commissioners are expected to vote Wednesday to approve a licensing ordinance that basically will expand licensing to general contractors. The city already requires licenses for plumbers, electricians and HVAC contractors.

Changes likely for contractor licensing rules

By VICKIE MOSS, Herald Public Affairs Editor

Jeff Pope has mixed feelings about requiring licenses for general contractors.

He understands it’s important to protect consumers from shady construction companies and shoddy work.

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