A local resident asked city leaders to take a closer look at contractor licensing and inspection enforcement after describing safety concerns involving a deck project at her home. The experience led her to question whether permit requirements and business licensing rules are being enforced when work is performed inside city limits.During public comment at a recent Excelsior Springs City Council meeting, Brianna Rock told officials her deck failed inspection and urged the city to ensure contractors are properly licensed, permitted and held accountable when work is not completed to code.Rock shared details of a deck job that failed inspection.“I hired a contractor last fall to replace our deck on our house and it’s 12 feet off the ground,” said Rock. “He extended it to a really, really big deck to make it safe for my grandbabies. It went terribly wrong, not the first time that’sever happened, but it went so bad our deck has failed inspec...