For City Council Meeting [January 8, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Ahmad Ansari, Interim City Administrator
Sean Grayson, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Lucy M. Garcia, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management
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Request City Council to Approve an Increase to Purchase Order 2019-1189 with Richard Freiholtz in the amount of $35,000 for a total of $50,000 in the current fiscal year for Code Enforcement Management Services.
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BACKGROUND:
In November 2018 an independent contractor agreement was entered into and signed between the City of Rialto and Richard Freiholtz to provide temporary Code Enforcement Management support services to the City. The purchase order (PO No. 2019-1189) to initiate this arrangement was approved by the Interim City Administrator for an amount not to exceed $15,000, which is within the City Administrator's authority.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION:
The City has launched the recruitment of the Community Compliance Manager (Code Enforcement) position. In doing so, it will take approximately three months to recruit, select, and hire the appropriate candidate. The Interim City Administrator has requested Mr. Freiholtz continue in the temporary code enforcement manager role until such time a new code enforcement manager commences. In order to accommodate an ongoing arrangement with Mr. Freiholtz, an amendment to the purchase order is required to enable his estimated pay over the next three months.
Mr. Freiholtz is currently overseeing five members of the Code Enforcement unit and is providing support to the City Administrator's Office, where Code Enforcement is designated. Under his leadership and through the direction of the City Administrator, Mr. Freiholtz coordinates and supervises work relating to ensuring compliance with applicable ordinances, codes, and regulations subject to zoning, land use, nuisance housing, building codes, health and safety, business licensing, blight, graffiti, and o...
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