HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC 5 BLDG INSP VACANCY 10-17-83AGENDA
DATE:
October 17, 1983
CONSENT CAT~NDAR
No. 5
10-17-83
Inter-Corn
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Honorable Mayor & City Council Members
Community Development Department
Request to Refill Building Inspector Vacancy
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For the past several years, the City has employed two (2) permanent,
full-time building inspectors in the Community Development Department. The
retirement of one inspector in July created a vacancy within the
department. For a .trial period, the Building Division has utilized the
services of our contract plan check consultant to provide the City with a
part-time building inspector in lieu of refilling the vacant position.
Jose ~lad and Associates provides these services at a contract price of
$30.00 per hour. During the months of July, August and September contract
inspectors were used as required by case load. Staff has determined it
would be more cost efficient to employ our own part-time inspector than to
contract with Melad and Associates. Additionally, different contract
inspectors were provided which led to inconsistency and confusion on
several job sites. Familiarity with the history and construction status of
projects is very important for a building inspector.
A full-time building inspector can perform 10-15 inspections daily,
depending on project size and complexity of the inspection. While in the
past months, inspection requests in excess of 20 per day were not uncommon,
neither were they frequent enough to warrant two full-time inspectors.
Therefore, there appears to be two options:
1. employ a part-time building inspector for Building Division
inspections only, or;
employ a full-time inspector, allocating 50% of the time to
Building Division inspections and 50% toward zoning inspection
activities.
Undoubtedly, in the future, the City will require two full-time inspectors,
if not more when construction commences on the Irvine Ranch. However, at
this time, staff wishes to recruit a part-time (approximately 25 hours
weekly) building inspector, yet be authorized to increase those hours to
full-time status when the case load demands. Staff further requests
authorization to refill the position on a full-time basis should
recruitement for a part-time inspector be unsuccessful.
Building Inspector Vacancy
October 17, 1983
Page 2
RECOPIIENDATION
Authorize staff to begin recruitement proceedings to refill the vacant
building inspector position in accordance with the adopted salary schedule.
Director of Community Development
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