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Evaluation. Criteria for Vacant and New Positions — Code Enforcement & Licensing <br />Coordinator - 2016 <br />Is the position essential? <br />Essential positions are those that provide core public health and safety services; <br />emergency and disaster assistance; and preservation of the essential elements of <br />the City's financial activities. <br />Portions of the position can be classified as essential. The Code Enforcement <br />Coordinator will manage sensitive casework that will, from time to time, include a <br />public safety and/or health component. For example, some of the City's nuisance <br />complaints will involve potential public health and/or safety. The same can be <br />said when responding to complaints governed by the Property Maintenance Code. <br />which involves the long term maintenance and habitability of homes and other <br />structures. <br />2. is the position critical? <br />Critical positions are positions that are, for example, one -position job classes or <br />positions with duties that cannot be modified, reassigned or eliminated. Detailed <br />responses to the following questions will be required in determining whether or <br />not a position is "critical" to providing high-quality services to residents, business <br />owners and/or employees: <br />• Explain how this position is key to achieving the strategic goals identified <br />by the City Council. The Strategic Plan establishes key metrics related to <br />timeframes for compliance to Code Complaints and Enforcement. This <br />position is key in maintaining 14 day compliance timeframes for code <br />enforcement. Currently, Staff is lagging in property maintenance code <br />(buildings and other structures) not tied to permit applications. <br />Compliance for these timeframes are well in excess of 30 days for <br />compliance. In addition, the Strategic Plan establishes a tactic to create <br />some sort of Corridor Improvement Program. A key component of the <br />improvement of the image of these key corridors will involve code <br />enforcement. The City simply is unable to take a proactive approach on <br />key corridors in any fashion with existing resource levels. <br />• Can the duties be re -engineered or automated? Please explain. The duties <br />of the code enforcement activity for the City cannot be re -engineered or <br />automated. Case management for code enforcement requires on-site <br />