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Staff presents cost-per-case and hours for code enforcement options
Summary
Staff provided specific estimates comparing current police-provided enforcement (about 198 hours, $13,000/year, ~$166/case) with proposed part-time and full-time civilian code enforcement positions and the projected cases each could handle.
Summer (S4) walked the council through the arithmetic used to estimate cost per case and annual hours. She summarized the current baseline and the projected part-time and full-time outcomes: current police-provided enforcement equals about 198 hours and roughly $13,000 per year (about $166 per case for ~80 cases); a part-time civilian officer was estimated at roughly $50,000/year covering about 520 cases (~$81/case); a full-time civilian position was estimated at just under $85,000/year covering about 728 cases (~$102/case).
Council members debated the assumptions behind those figures and the likely candidate pool. One council member noted Roy’s part-time code enforcement pay and cautioned that candidate quality and turnover are real risks for part-time hires. Staff emphasized the numbers are estimates for planning and that further refinement will come when HR and finance produce formal job descriptions and cost spreadsheets.
