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DSI reports hiring gains but persistent vacancies; council asks for clearer staffing breakdowns and timelines
Summary
Director Angie Weasey told the committee DSI hired 19 permanent staff and 17 temporary workers in 2025, but several specialized vacancies remain. The department said some hires tied to a fee implementation have been paused until the fee is enacted; council members asked for a detailed FTE breakdown by function.
Angie Weasey, director of the Department of Safety and Inspections, told the Finance and Budget Committee that DSI has made significant hiring efforts in 2025 but continues to operate with several unfilled positions that affect service delivery.
Weasey said DSI hired 19 people to fill vacancies in 2025 and employed 17 temporary staff for retiree backfills, long‑term leaves, summer season support and special projects such as Poly. “We’ve hired 19 people to fill vacancies that were in DSI,” she said.
Several council members pressed for a clearer breakdown of FTEs by function. Weasey presented a high‑level split that she described as roughly 50/50 between housing‑focused and economic‑development‑focused staff, and she highlighted several hard‑to‑fill roles: a structural engineer recruitment that produced a candidate who accepted another position, a principal city planner position that required multiple interview rounds for site‑specific, complex projects (United Village, Highland Bridge, Riverview), and a part‑time (half‑FTE) role that proved difficult to staff. DSI also reported that some inspector positions were filled from current eligible lists, and that remaining inspector hires will require reposting or promotion lists.
On previously approved positions tied to a new energy compliance fee, Weasey said DSI will not hire those staff until the fee implementation proceeds. “Without the implementation of the new fee, we have not gone forward with the new hires,” she said.
Why it matters: staffing levels affect permitting turnaround, inspections, licensing and the department’s ability to implement new programs. Committee members and the budget chair requested a detailed FTE breakdown, per‑line staffing counts and timelines for when requisitions will be submitted to HR.
DSI said some positions were delayed by the city’s accelerated Poly rollout and by the cyber incident response; the department asked for patience as it completes conversion work and as HR processes requisitions. Committee members offered support for recruitment assistance and workforce development partnerships to build a pipeline for hard‑to‑fill roles.
The department did not present formal hires or layoffs during the meeting; members asked DSI to follow up with more detailed FTE tables and with timelines for outstanding requisitions.
