Staff updates: community development director on leave; code enforcement and homeless liaison recruitments ongoing

City planning staff updated the City of Red Bluff Planning Commission on July 22 about staff absences and active recruitments. Tom (planning staff) said Community Development Director Beth Lindower is on leave and is not expected back in the office until about September. He said he will continue covering community development duties in the interim.

Tom said the City Council approved converting a previously part-time code enforcement position to full time in the current-year budget and that interviews for that position are scheduled this week, with the possibility of onboarding a candidate by August if the recruitment is successful. He said the building inspector is covering code-enforcement tasks as much as possible but staff must triage duties until a hire is made.

On the homeless liaison position, Tom reported the city has completed three recruitments and offered the job to three candidates who did not successfully complete background checks. He said a fourth round of interviews is scheduled for next week. Tom also noted that Cole McClure, who formerly served in the homeless liaison role, completed the police academy and is now serving as a police officer; he is expected to complete field training by September.

The updates were informational and no formal commission action was taken.