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• - . • 0'00 0 2.s PAGE 6 OF ' 29 . COUNTY OF ORANGE . . 1985-86 ANNUAL SERVICE PLAN - PARTS II - IV • • General /Planning - -Inspections / 0561 `•. _ FUND . . . - / DEPARTMENT DIVISION / ACCOUNT CO'E- 1.A. For Change #4 (Continued) _____ 4) This proposal is not part of a longer range plan. ' - • - - -F51 Completion of the task'of closing out .past files wilt-represent • - , approximately 5% of the inspection Division's workload. Most -of the ` •• a _ _: responsibility wilt-be shared between the Code Enforcement Supervisor and the Code Enforcement Officer .1 (Building). - - _ _ _ - - . . - -B. 4) No changes are necessary in the current budget to complete- thi's work • • element. Close-out..inspections are completed by staff during periods when the demand for -current inspections. are low and serve to even out • workload levels. _ - • _l i:.. A,..Before the ; :I end of the-current budget year, training sessions for staff in -.. • - • the-use ofl the new computerized building permit system will be comp lete . - - . -- and 'the system brought online: This system w i 11' reduce the amount of . - • . . . time• neceS ary-'to issue permits; thus increasing'the productivity of .staff • ' " - -- The•`-system will also benefit the department in-that information regarding the number of permits issued, inspections made, mileage driven and . time required per inspection will be available. his will enable staff . _ to forecast budget projections far better in subsequent budget years. A new builling permit placard has been designed and is in use on job sites • The placarl allows Inspectors to list the results of inspections thereon.. • This benefits the-contractors in that they are aware-of the results and - other Inspectors are knowledgeble of what inspections have been made, "thus insuring that inspections•are performed in the desired sequence. B. -1} A real issue within the inspections Division i.s whether productivity needs to be increased or whether the quality of the work performed 1-,,:- • needs to be enhanced. The latter is' the case in that Code Enforcement . - Offieeri are being asked to perform more and more inspections•within . the sam amount of time. The time avaiiable on-each job site is thus reduced and the quality of the inspection decreased. Rather than •h - focusing on- productivity improvements, more emphasis should be placed . on. the-quality•of the work. . . • • • - z) Productivity .improvements funded-on •a one time has-is-are not included • in this• ,request. The only funding Which might be considered is the alternative mentioned under Change #4. The funding of a part-time inspector• on a one time basis would result in closing out past files . and would allow current staff to focus.on current-•demands. • . • j .1V. With the completion of Intersta:te'40,' growth pressures in 'the• Chapel Hi ll- { (filisborough,cprridor are likely to increase. Completion of the Efland •• . sewer -line wiil also raise the number of requests for development in that ♦ I A 1