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Neighborhood Code Enforcement has a staff of eight (8) full time inspectors, a part time <br />inspector, and six (6) administrative staff. <br />Committeemember Davis asked if an inspector had been replaced, and Mr. Wilkerson explained <br />that two new inspectors have been hired, and they started today. They will start being seen in the <br />neighborhoods after they've been fully trained. We are still looking at filling one administrative <br />position right now, but we are at full capacity for inspectors. <br />We enforce the City Code of Ordinances, the Indiana Unsafe Building Law which allows us to <br />do a lot of demolitions and repair orders. We're operating under the 2000 International Property <br />Maintenance Code right now, and Mr. u o enforce a of of the staff our ordinances that we <br />Wilkerson teo adopt <br />Code. Just by adopting that will allow <br />see as issues. We'll bring this to the Council later in the year. <br />Mr. Wilkerson explained the Code Inspector's assigned zones. The full presentation is on file in <br />the Office of the City Clerk. <br />The Department of Code Enforcement responds to complaints from the residents, we're working <br />at being more proactive in the community. In the past, a lot of what the department did was <br />complaint driven. <br />The inspectors also do all of the asbestos testing for any demolished homes in the City, so we <br />train and get certifications. It is a huge savings of money and time for the City because we don't <br />have to hire contractors and we can take care of it immediately rather than scheduling it for the <br />future with a company. We prepare the information for the Code Hearings. They present their <br />case, we present ours, and the hearing officer will make their ruling. <br />During the Priority -Based Budgeting process, we found that we do business licenses. We only <br />do them once a year, but we rack up 40 -80 hours per year. The previous directors missed a lot of <br />stuff that we do. It was just never brought to peoples' attention. <br />We address illegally parked cars, whether they are parked in vacant lots or in the grass. <br />When it comes to Animal Care and Control, there's a shelter manager, an assistant manager, <br />three animal control officers, an animal care coordinator, an office coordinator, adoption <br />coordinator and a part time kennel assistant. We enforce the ordinances of the City, we assist in <br />investigating state and federal animal laws, and we capture and rehabilitate birds of prey, but the <br />state handles bats. <br />President Scott asked what they do with endangered species. Mr. Wilkerson explained that <br />endangered species fall under federal jurisdiction. <br />Mr. Wilkerson continued that the Neighborhood Advancement Team has one (1) supervisor and <br />three (3) operators. That is three (3) people cleaning up the City plus one supervisor. A lot of <br />our fees come in for salaries, but most of our fees come in for cleanup and dumping. The NEAT <br />is on the spot as soon as you call with an issue. We wanted to bring them back to Code <br />2 <br />