Compton v. Town of Pulaski

By Judge Colin R. Gibb

The petitioner, Thomas Mason Compton, seeks the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directed to William D. Pedigo, town engineer for Pulaski, and the Town Council of Pulaski. The narrow question in this case is whether Compton was the local building official and should have been afforded the protection of Section 105.1 of Chapter 63, Title 13, Agency No. 5, of the Virginia Administrative Code (13 VAC 5-63-50) at the time of his termination. This section provides in pertinent part that:

[ejvery local building department shall have a building official as the executive in charge…