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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-19 - Adding a Part-Time Public Works Maintenance Aide Position to the Public Works Department, and Upgrading a Part-Time Code Enforcement Officer Position to a Full-Time Code Enforcement Officer Position Within the Community Development DepartmentRESOLUTION NO. 2024-19 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ADDING A PART- TIME PUBLIC WORKS MAINTENANCE AIDE POSITION TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND UPGRADING A PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITION TO A FULL-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WHEREAS, on March 12, 2024, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach ("City") introduced Ordinance No. 2024-5 ("Ordinance") to amend Section 10.08.030 (Use of Public Property for Commercial Purposes) of the Newport Beach Municipal Code by authorizing the impoundment of personal property used in violation of the Ordinance; WHEREAS, the current staffing level of the Public Works Department is not adequate to handle the receipt, inventory, storage, disposal, and cleaning requirements associated with the impound requirements under the Ordinance in addition to their existing daily operational duties; WHEREAS, the current staffing level of the Community Development Department is not adequate to handle the additional patrol, investigation, citation, and impoundment responsibilities of enforcing the Ordinance in addition to the existing daily enforcement responsibilities; WHEREAS, City Charter Section 601 requires the City Council to provide the number, titles, qualifications, powers, duties and compensation of all officers and employees; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to add a part-time Maintenance Aide position within the Public Works Department, and upgrade a part-time Code Enforcement Officer position to a full-time Code Enforcement Officer position within the Community Development Department, to meet the demand of the additional enforcement and operational responsibilities under the Ordinance. Resolution No. 2024-19 Page 2 of 3 NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: One part-time Public Works Maintenance Aide position shall be added to the Public Works Department staffing structure, and one part-time Code Enforcement Officer I position shall be upgraded to a full-time Code Enforcement Officer I position within the Community Development Department staffing structure. Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Resolution No. 2024-19 Page 3 of 3 Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution. ADOPTED this 12th day of March, 2024. Will O'Neill Mayor ATTEST: VIt Leilani I. Brown City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Aarbn C. Harp City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2024-19 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 12th day of March, 2024; and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Brad Avery, Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Erik Weigand NAYS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 13th day of March, 2024. W- Leilani I. Brown City Clerk Newport Beach, California P C111 IF'