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commitment for a number of hours. The one that was at $85 an hour was a local company that <br />was purchased nationally, they are now at $100 an hour. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman responded to Councilmember Musgrove’s comments about crunching <br />the numbers and doing the math beforehand, but it sounds like that has already been done. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff commented that doing the math at 1,900 hours, the break even dollar <br />amount is $63 an hour. More than that means losing money, less than that means saving money, <br />and with that may come a worse experience. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma summarized that it sounds like the Council is in favor of starting the recruitment <br />process. <br /> <br />Councilmember Woestehoff commented his perspective is that he would be comfortable with the <br />next case, as long as it has the details of comparable rates and a proposal to go out to hire as a part <br />of the case so that a decision could be made after that. He didn’t want to see things slow down but <br />having some numbers behind it so show the value of it. <br /> <br />Councilmember Heineman added, not necessarily starting the recruitment process but preparing <br />for it. <br /> <br />Mayor Kuzma asked if that was enough direction for Staff. <br /> <br />Administrative Services Director Lasher replied that is good direction. She stated she may have <br />been optimistic on the timeline as HR is busy with recruitments right now. Staff would like the <br />flexibility to get started by updating the job description and have a timeline for the actual <br />recruitment. <br /> <br />Councilmember Riley noted it was mentioned that there are plats and final plats going but asked <br />if this is a long term thing because hiring someone is a long term thing versus a contractor. He <br />questioned if there would be many years of need anticipated. <br /> <br />Deputy City Administrator/ Community Dev. Director Hagen replied in 2021 there are around 500 <br />or so lots. Knowing that and with the historic building permit data, there was an average of 150 <br />new homes a year over the last five years. There is a handful of commercial projects coming in <br />2022 that does not include some of the projects that are early on such as Pact Charter School. <br />There is a potential for more apartments in The COR that are in essence, one home but several in <br />one building, which will require multiple separate inspections. In answer to the question, he felt <br />that yes, what is preliminary platted right now and what is anticipated to come shows a multiple- <br />year workload. This would be similar to a contract that is going to require a two- to three-year <br />contract. <br /> <br />The consensus of the Council was to direct Staff to begin preparing for recruitment for a full-time <br />Building Inspector and restructuring of the Community Development Department. <br /> <br />City Council Work Session / January 11, 2022 <br />Page 7 of 15 <br /> <br />