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STAFF REPORT <br />TO:Mayor Keis and Members of the City Council <br />FROM:Heidi Heller, City Clerk/HR Manager <br />DATE:September 22, 2021 <br />RE:Approve Temporary Wage & Hours Increase for Building Inspection Coverage <br />ACTION TO BE CONSIDERED: <br />Approve a temporary hourly wage and hours increase to provide building inspection coverage. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Building Official will be taking a medical leave beginning in early October. He will work <br />from home doing building plan review as needed, but will be unable to conduct any inspections <br />for approximately 8-10 weeks. The current part-time (20 hours per week) Code Enforcement/ <br />Rental Housing Inspector is also a licensed Building Official, and he has agreed to work an <br />additional 8 to 10 hours per week to help cover inspections while the Building Official is on <br />leave. <br />The Building Official position has a higher pay rate than the Code Enforcement/Rental Housing <br />Coordinator, so staff is proposing to pay the Code Enforcement Coordinator at the Building <br />Official starting pay rate during the hours that he is conducting inspections. He will be <br />scheduling blocks of hours that will be dedicated to doing inspections. The pay rate difference is <br />$10.78 per hour. The budget impact could be up to approximately $5,000 and there is enough <br />budget savings this year from the fire inspector budget to cover this increase. <br />The City also contracts with an independent inspections company, Inspectron, when needed, and <br />it is anticipated that they may also be used some during this time. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Approve a temporary wage and hours increase for the Code Enforcement/Rental Housing <br />Coordinator for building inspection coverage.