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Plain City moves to adopt property‑maintenance code; council OKs hiring plan for enforcement role
Summary
Council reviewed a near-final property‑maintenance-code draft and discussed hiring a dual-role enforcement position (property maintenance and zoning, estimated 50/50 split). Staff said enforcement will be complaint‑driven initially and the village will provide education and tool-lending resources.
Village staff presented a draft property‑maintenance code update and told council that enforcement capacity will increase with a planned new hire. "Once this is adopted, we are gonna be looking at adding, hopefully, be adding a new employee to do that," a staff member said, explaining the role will split duties between property maintenance and zoning.
Council members pressed on timing and recruitment; staff said the job description will be adopted in May with hiring targeted for June if the process proceeds as planned. Officials emphasized a complaint‑driven approach at startup and an education phase with supportive resources — including a tool‑lending center for residents — before issuing widespread enforcement actions.
Council discussed jurisdictional questions for properties on the county line and the workload for a single employee; the mayor and council agreed to post the job and proceed through the budget and job‑description approval process. Staff and council said they will provide members and the public an opportunity to review the final draft prior to adoption.
