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STAFF REPORT
DATE: April 8, 2003
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: Russ Wagner, AICP, Community Development Director
SUBJECT: Funding for Temporary Positions in the Building Division
ISSUE:
Should the Mayor and City Commissioners authorize the expenditure of Contingency Funds to
pay for temporary positions in the Building Division?
BACKGROUND:
The positions of Building Official and Chief Plans Examiner are vacant due to recent resignations
in the Building Division. Additionally permanent funding for an additional Plans Examiner /
Building Inspector position was going to be requested to make up for a short-fall in available
personnel which has led to back-ups in plan reviews and inspections. This request is on hold
pending the permanent replacement of the two other positions.
DISCUSSIONS:
In order to operate the Building Division, the City must have a person licensed as a Building
Codes Administrator. Until we are able to permanently fill this position, the City will need to hire a
Building Official through a temporary employment agency. The cost to the City is $77.71/hr, and
we expect that it will take up to three months ($40,000 +/-) to recruit and place someone in this
position. The permanent position is already being advertised.
The Chief Plans Examiner position is already being manned by a temporary employee at a cost of
$50.61 / hr. The permanent position was advertised a few weeks ago, and we expect to begin
interviewing candidates over the next week or two. Accordingly, we expect to be able to fill this
position in 30-45 days ($15,000 +/-).
The additional Building Inspector position is needed to keep up with fieldwork. These inspections
are anticipated to increase dramatically within the next few months as our entire northwest
development area comes on line. The hourly cost for this position is $54.75, and we expect to
need to fund this position on a temporary basis for up to three months ($28,000 +/-), at which time
we will ask for an authorization for creation of a permanent position.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff respectfully recommends that the Mayor and City Commissioners authorize the use of
Contingency Funds to pay temporary employees to fill the three Building Division positions until
the jobs are permanently filled.
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