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Board approves temporary administrative help for Zoning Enforcement Officer
Summary
The Deep River Board of Finance approved hiring temporary administrative support at up to $26/hour for 25 hours per week for two months to address a backlog in the Zoning Enforcement Office; the motion passed 5-0 and staff will create a job description and advertise internally first.
The Deep River Board of Finance voted Jan. 6 to hire temporary administrative support for the Zoning Enforcement Officer to address an administrative backlog and avoid the higher cost of expanding enforcement hours.
The board approved a motion, made by Kathryn Russell and seconded by Jackie Calamari, "to engage temporary administrative help for the Zoning Enforcement Officer at a rate of up to $26/hour, for 25 hours per week, for two months, to be reevaluated at the end of the term." The motion passed 5-0.
The request followed a proposal to increase the Zoning Enforcement Officers hours from 8 to 16 per week; the board recorded a vendor estimate for additional enforcement time at $135 per hour (about $52,000 annually) and preferred a lower-cost temporary administrative hire instead. First Selectman Carol Jones said she will draft a job description and that the position will be advertised internally first; if no qualified internal applicants come forward, the town will use a temporary staffing agency.
The board asked that the temporary assignment be reevaluated at the end of the two-month term to determine whether additional hours for enforcement staff or a longer-term hire are needed. The board did not specify an exact start date for the temporary help in the meeting record.
The action implements an interim staffing plan intended to organize files and reduce the administrative backlog while the town evaluates long-term options for zoning enforcement coverage.
