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Council pushes for public dashboards, staffing updates as inspections ramp up
Summary
Council members asked staff to publish monthly charts tracking progress and efficiency; Brown said the parish can produce simple bar charts and noted the program currently operates short-handed with two inspector vacancies.
Council members pressed for routine public reporting to show program progress and efficiency. Councilman Corbin asked whether the parish could "start posting data" and publish a monthly report with charts and a simple takeaway so residents can track cumulative progress; Brown said he thought the parish "can certainly do that." Corbin said simple visual metrics would help answer routine questions and provide transparency about results.
Council members also raised operational concerns. Brown said the program is operating with three inspectors on the initial work but that two inspector positions remain vacant. He and council members discussed how re-inspections for inaccessible properties will be handled; Brown said inspectors work in adjoining neighborhoods so quick re-inspections should not substantially delay the overall timeline.
