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1998 <br /> * Complete review of Zoning and Sign chapters of the <br /> Municipal Code. <br /> Staffing Projections <br /> A number of issues affect the staffing level projection for the Planning <br /> and Engineering Division. These include the Council's desire to <br /> provide more thorough and inclusive levels of rental housing <br /> inspection, zoning and sign code enforcement along with nuisance <br /> code issues, the increasing vacation accrual among a "senior" <br /> maintenance crew, and the level of project construction identified by <br /> the City Council. Some of these issues are in 'flux' at the time of <br /> these projections and, therefore, the final staffing needs may be <br /> adjusted after decisions in these areas are made. <br /> In the Engineering and Planning Division, the positions of City <br /> Planner, Building Inspector, and Engineering 'Aide would be <br /> continued as the workload in these areas continues to expand. It is <br /> also projected to continue the Recycling Coordinator/Code <br /> Enforcement position and add a new position of Housing Inspector. <br /> The major issue at this time is the Council's stated desire to increase <br /> the rental housing inspection program to include nearly complete <br /> coverage of the rental stock in the City. This may also include <br /> enhanced review and inspections of operations in the City's 3 <br /> manufactured housing parks. <br /> **A full time housing inspector is projected to meet the needs of a <br /> vastly increased program of housing inspection. Currently, <br /> approximately 10%. of the rental units in the City are inspected <br /> annually. This includes one visit to each building and one or more <br /> unit inspections in each building. Therefore, 4-plexes are completely <br /> inspected on a 4 year cycle, 6-plexes on a 6 year cycle, etc. To <br /> achieve more complete review of each unit in the City will require a <br /> nearly 9-fold increase in the number of inspections required. <br /> Fortunately, this will not require a 9-fold increase in time as it will be <br /> more efficient (timewise) to inspect additional units on each floor of <br /> a building. Further discussion with Council will determine the level of <br /> 25 <br /> " These items have been eliminated from the proposed 1994 Budget at the July 19, 1993 Work Session. <br />