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Community Services seeks expanded nighttime code enforcement and 15 more shelter beds
Summary
The new Community Services director requested three additional nighttime code‑enforcement positions (expanding evening coverage to seven) to improve response times and asked to add 15 shelter beds at the Caring Place (from 20 to 35) to meet local need; the city will continue working with county partners on placement and intake procedures.
The director of the newly formed Community Services department presented two FY27 decision packages to the Budget Advisory Board focused on service response and homelessness.
On code enforcement, the director said the request is driven by response‑time gaps during some weekdays; the new positions aim to provide consistent Thursday–Sunday coverage and expand to Monday–Wednesday to reduce response times that in some cases exceeded 24 hours. The…
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