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Council to update code for new code‑compliance official; staff to bring amendments to council agenda
Summary
Staff described edits to several city code titles to prepare for hiring a code compliance official who would manage property enforcement and escalate to police when necessary; councilors agreed to place the amendments on an upcoming regular meeting agenda for further review.
Staff told the council the city is preparing to hire a code compliance official and is proposing edits to titles 3, 4, 6 and 7 of the municipal code so responsibilities and enforcement steps are clear before the position is filled.
"We've been discussing hiring a new code compliance official. I believe our goal is to have someone hired within the next month or so," staff said, explaining that changes would allow the compliance official to address civil calls and escalate to police as needed. Councilors reviewed proposed edits to penalty and abatement language and recommended consistent naming ("code compliance official") in relevant sections, including those that assign responsibility for commercial‑entertainment regulation.
Councilors directed staff to prepare clean amendment language and to place the item on a future regular council agenda for formal consideration; no ordinance or vote was taken at the work session.
