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Community Development Director Hanson reviewed the Planning Department request to increase <br /> the Planning Administrative Assistant hours from 25 hours a week to 40 hours a week. She shared <br /> that this used to be a full-time position and was reduced to part-time after the pandemic. She said <br /> this position does provide support for five Staff members and is also doing work for the Rental <br /> Housing Inspector. She noted that 25 hours a week is not enough to keep up with the workload. <br /> She shared that there are a lot of people in the Planning Department that are having to do their own <br /> administrative duties because the part-time role does not allow time for everything to be done. She <br /> added that they are also requesting an increase in hours for both the Building Permit Tech and the <br /> Building Administrative Assistant. She shared the request to increase the Building Permit Tech <br /> hours from 20 hours a week to 28 hours a week. She stated this also used to be a full-time position. <br /> She stated they would like the Building Administrative Assistant's hours to go from the current 28 <br /> hours a week to a full-time, 40 hour a week schedule. She explained that the Building Department <br /> is very busy, and they have more work than they know what to do with. <br /> Mayor Kuzma asked about the current timeline on getting permits out. <br /> Community Development Director Hanson said it is anywhere from two to three weeks. <br /> Mayor Kuzma asked if this increase in hours would help get the permit turnaround time down <br /> closer to two weeks. <br /> Community Development Director Hanson said yes. She added that the current Permit Techs are <br /> under a considerable amount of stress as they do not have the time to get all of their work done in <br /> a day. <br /> Councilmember Musgrove asked how much of the work for permits can be done online. <br /> Community Development Director Hanson shared that a lot of the permits themselves are done <br /> online. She added that a lot of the time is spent on processing the permits. <br /> Councilmember Woestehoff asked if they would get a substantial benefit or improvement from <br /> just increasing the hours in the Building Administrative Assistant and giving some of the Permit <br /> Tech administrative work to the administrative assistant. <br /> Community Development Director Hanson said yes. <br /> Fire Chief Kohner shared that the Fire Department is requesting a new full-time Fire Inspector. He <br /> stated this position is needed due to an increase in workload with new constructions and calls for <br /> service. He said the position would be responsible for conducting Code compliance inspections <br /> and responding to emergencies. He added that they are also requesting a 6% wage increase for <br /> their paid on-call firefighters. <br /> Councilmember Woestehoff asked if the 6% increase already includes the 3% COLA increase. <br /> City Council Work Session/July 23, 2024 <br /> Page 4 of 12 <br />