Rosendo Prieto, ex-Surfside building official who signed off on condo, placed on leave

SURFSIDE, Fla.

The city of Doral said Tuesday in a statement that Rosendo “Ross” Prieto is taking a leave from C.A.P.

notified the City of Doral that Mr. Prieto was on a leave of absence and assigned another employee to assist the City of Doral Building Department on a temporary basis,” Doral spokesperson Maggie Santos said.

Prieto was the top Surfside building official when the 40-year recertification inspection process was being done at the Champlain Towers South building in November 2018, The Wall Street Journal reported.

A month after engineer Frank Morabito noted there was “major structural damage” at Champlain Towers South, Prieto attended a condominium association meeting and told the board he had reviewed the report.

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