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Laguna Woods creates full-time code enforcement officer position and corrects education assistance timing
Summary
The council approved a job classification for a code enforcement officer, authorized recruitment and adopted a compensation schedule that corrects an earlier resolution to make the employee educational assistance program available after 180 days (not one year).
The Laguna Woods City Council on Tuesday approved a new job classification for a full-time code enforcement officer, authorized recruitment and adopted a revised compensation schedule and benefits resolution that corrects an earlier reference to the timing of the city's educational assistance program.
City Manager Chris told the council the budget for fiscal 2025-27 included funding for several new positions; all building positions and a new department director have been filled. The remaining vacancy is the code enforcement officer position, which the city has covered through contract staff and which the council authorized the city to recruit for after approving the classification and compensation range.
"If all goes according to plan, I am hopeful that we will have the new code enforcement officer starting in November," Chris said, adding staff expects overlap with the contracted firm through December and for the position to be fully responsible for code enforcement duties in early January.
Staff described the code enforcement officer's primary responsibilities as enforcing the Laguna Woods Municipal Code (quality-of-life and property maintenance violations), assisting with proactive inspections of public property (for example, evening lighting checks) and supporting business registration outreach and building-code enforcement follow-up.
Separately, the council adopted a resolution that corrects an inadvertent error in the recently adopted educational assistance program. The resolution clarifies the program becomes available to eligible employees after the 183rd calendar day of employment (roughly six months), not after one year as the prior resolution mistakenly stated. City staff said the program reimburses certain job-related tuition and book costs, requires supervisor and city manager approval and is primarily intended to help building staff maintain required certifications but is available to all full-time employees for job-related courses.
The council moved and seconded the package of actions; the motion passed with all present council members voting "Aye."
