17-City Council gave direction to staff to hire additional temp. employees to expand current Code Enforement crewCITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET
Submittal Date:
Originating Department:
Presented By:
Agenda Item No.:
07/22/09
Shawn Napier, P.E., Director of
Council Date:
Kevin Kear
Engineering, Planning &
17.
07/27/09
Development
RECOMMENDED MOTION:
Not an action item - discussion only.
PoLicY IssuE(s):
Council objective
BACKGROUND:
At the July 13t" council meeting City Council gave direction to staff to hire additional temporary
employees to expand the current Code Enforcement abatement crew. Hiring Partners was notified after
the council meeting and informed to send us two additional people to make a total of four people on the
abatement crew. (We are charged $97.60 per day ($12.20/hour) for each Hiring Partners person.) Staff
is also investigating additional alternatives, one of which is creating two, three person crews to do
abatement. In addition, staff has spoken with the NAACP about the possibility of using volunteers to
abate debris from lots and having adjoining property owners adopt or purchase vacant lots. Staff is
investigating potential legal issues with these possible solutions and also waiting to hear from the
NAACP on additional input and commitments.
BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
EXHIBITS:
Council Member Agenda Item Request form
ACTION:
BUDGET INFO:
❑ Financial Report ❑ Minute Order
Expense
$
❑ Department Report ❑ Resolution
Budgeted Amt.
$35,000.00
❑ Presentation ❑ Ordinance
y'I'D Actual
$12,232.38
❑ Public Hearing Z Other
Acct. Name
Lot Mowing - Hiring Partners
Acct. Number
01-0329-40-00
FiscAL NoTES:
REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY:
Z Administration Z City Clerk Z Community Development ❑ EMS/IT ❑ Finance ❑ Fire
❑ Municipal Court ❑ Legal ❑ Library ❑ Police Z Eng./Public Works ❑ Utilities
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Council member making request:
❑ Will Biard ❑ Joe McCarthy
❑ Steve Brown ❑ Edwin Pickle
❑ Jesse Freelen ❑ Rhonda Rogers
0 Kevin Kear
Description of Item: Discuss the schedule and remaining funding for mowing right of
ways and City owned properties including vacant lots. Discuss alternate means of
maintaining the vacant lots like we discussed with Rev Price I.E. adjacent property, owners
mowing them and then after a period of time the property is given to them on the condition
the maintenance is continued. In addition the proposal of Rev Price providing volunteers
to pick up the lots if contractors will bid on mowing them.
Are additional sheets or supporting materials attached? ❑ Yes Z No
I request that this item be placed on the agenda for the:
Z City Council meeting on this date: 07/27/2009
❑ Sometime in the next 2 meetings
❑ No specific time in mind - just keep it on a list of pending issues
Signature: Kevin Kear
Date: 06/17/2009
City, of Paris
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