ACTION REQUESTED:
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Communication from the City Manager and Community Development Director with a Request to ADOPT an ORDINANCE Amending the City of Peoria 2021 REVISED ANNUAL BUDGET for an Additional $90,000.00 for the Community Development Department PRIVATE PROPERTY WORK ORDER BUDGET.
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BACKGROUND: The Community Development Department is responsible for abating code violations on private property. The process listed below details what happens when a Code Enforcement Inspector finds an environmental code violation on an occupied property and a vacant property. Environmental violations include cutting tall grass and weeds, cleaning up debris and illegal, addressing illegally dumped items, removing dangerous trees, etc.
Occupied Property - The inspector posts an ABATE notice giving the property owner 5 days to correct the code violations. If the property is a repeat offender, a citation may be issued. If the property owner does not correct the issue after five days, a work order is issued to a City contractor to correct the issue and the private property owner is billed for the work plus an administrative fee.
Vacant Property - As the property is vacant, a work order is issued to a City contractor to correct the issue and the private property owner is billed for the work plus an administrative fee. If the property is a repeat offender, a citation may be issued.
As part of the 2020/2021 Budget, the Department budgeted $457,710 to complete this work. As of September 15th, only $20,000 remains in the budget to complete this work for the rest of 2021.
The amount of money spent is a direct reflection of how hard the Code Enforcement Staff has worked to remove blight from the City of Peoria, protect property values, and improve the quality of life of our neighborhoods. The Code Enforcement Department currently has 5 full time Code Enforcement Inspectors and 5 temporary Code Enforcement Aides.
The table below illustrates the number of work orders...
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