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Planning and Building lays out staffing, permitting reforms, coastal update and office move
Summary
Planning and Building Services reported staffing levels, a 19% vacancy rate, plans to replace its permit tracking software, ongoing scanning of records, the local coastal program update funded by state grants, and a move of the Fort Bragg office into the Avila Center.
Planning and Building Services Director Julia Krog and Assistant Director John Birx presented the department's 2025 priorities, staffing and operational reforms.
Krog said the department has 45 employees with a 19% vacancy rate (34 staff in Ukiah, nine in Fort Bragg and two remote planners). The department has shifted administrative front-counter staff under the building division and secured a new supervising…
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