The Building Safety Office currently hires a clerk through a staffing agency. In the past two years, we have been through three workers and are currently on our fourth. It has been difficult to retain a qualified worker for any length of time. The staffing agency charges $12.15 per hour which at 30 hours per week equals $18,954 per year. However, the agency pays its workers approximately $8-8.50 per hour.
In an effort to bring stability to this position and to ensure the duties of the position are completed, the Building Safety Office would like to use existing Other Professional Services funds to hire a part-time Clerk to cover the duties originally planned to be covered by the position hired through the staffing agency. The starting salary would be $12.95 per hour based on the County’s minimum hourly rate for a Clerk position at 28 hours per week, totaling an annual cost of approximately $20,500. If approved for FY 2017, this will impact the FY 2018 Budget and future budgets, as well.
The attached FY 2017 budget adjustment shifts the funding needed for the remainder of FY 2017 from the Other Professional Services account to the Part-Time account. Also attached is a budget adjustment for FY 2018 to shift the funds from the Other Professional Services account and to use $1,941 in Code Compliance Fund balance to fund the full-year part-time position. |