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General Fund Code Compliance

The Consumer Health Division includes Consumer Health Services, Mosquito Disease Surveillance & Response
(Vectors) and Commercial Code Compliance/Game Room sections. Consumer Health issues health permits,
performs health inspections, and performs complaint investigations of food establishments, public swimming
pools/spas, daycare centers and hotel/motels. Additional responsibilities include building plan reviews and food
handler and pool operator training. The mosquito surveillance section ensures proactive measures to control
vector diseases, as well as providing rapid responses to reduce the risk of exposure to citizens. The Commercial
Compliance/Game Room Enforcement team addresses commercial zoning violations, as well as property
maintenance issues such as litter, rodents, vermin, sewage overflows, etc.

Animal Welfare provides field responses for stray animals, hazardous or ill wildlife, animal cruelty complaints and
bite investigations. It also provides care and a safe environment for sheltered animals, facilitating animal
adoptions at two Shelters and two satellite adoption centers. In addition, the Department’s spay/neuter clinic is
administered through this division. Animal Welfare relies heavily on volunteer support, private donations, shelter
operations, and partnerships with adoption programs.

NOTE: Solid Waste Services and Environmental Protection Summaries are included respectively in the Solid
Waste Fund section and the Environmental Protection Fund section of the budget book.

FY2024 DISCUSSION AND SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

A City reorganization will create the new Environmental Services Department in FY2024. The new Environmental
Services Department will operate through the Solid Waste Fund, the Environmental Protection Fund, and the
portion of the General Fund budget used to date for Code Compliance Consumer Health; thus, in FY2024,
roughly $4.6M of the General Fund budget previously allocated for Code Compliance Consumer Health will be
under the direction of the Environmental Services Department. Though this could not be included in the
Recommended Budget Book, City staff aims to reflect the reorganization in the adopted budget and FY2024
Adopted Budget Book. Aside from the impact of the new department director’s salary, the reorganization will be
budget-neutral.

The Recommended Budget:

• Increases by $908,800 for 8 Approved Positions (AP) to increase the capacity for health and safety
inspections.
• Increases by $583,755 for 3 AP for homeless outreach.

• Increases by $247,806 for 3 AP to increase staffing and equipment needs.
• Increases by $220,295 for 2 AP to increase support for the Animal Control division.
• Increases by $219,041 for 2 AP to enforce Boarding Home regulations.
• Increases by $76,606 for 1 AP for a media services specialist.

• Increases by $1,166,727 in salary and benefits for previously approved costs associated with pay for
performance, rising health care costs and pension contributions.
• Increases by $688,000 in revenue for expected increases in permitting and serving a growing city.

• Increases by $248,894 in revenue due to a transfer from the Solid Waste Fund.

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