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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Philip Morley, County Administrator
FROM: Debra Murdock, Code Compliance Coordinator
Patty Charnas, Director, Dept. Community Development (DCD)
DATE: August 19, 2019
SUBJECT: Introduction and Review of Code Compliance Coordination Program
STATEMENT OF ISSUE:
The BoCC should become acquainted with the DCD Code Compliance Coordinator, Ms.
Debra Murdock, and the program she has developed to reinvigorate code compliance for
Jefferson County. Debra has been in her position since June, 2019.
ANALYSIS:
The 2019 official County budget provided general fund support for a Code Compliance
Coordinator in DCD. Code compliance had been an unfunded line of business for
approximately ten years. With this reinvigorated position function a Code Compliance
Coordinator was hired on June 3, 2019 and the rebuilding and reinvigoration of a code
compliance coordination program began.
Ms. Debra Murdock comes to Jefferson County with significant code compliance experience
with other Puget Sound area jurisdictions. This briefing will provide an overview of what she
has accomplished to date and where code compliance will focus for the near future. Feedback
and direction from the Board and from the County Administrator is welcomed at this briefing.
Ms. Murdock will present a slide show to review:
• Reduced case load from over 400 cases to approx. 165 active cases.
• Developing Departmental policies on older unpermitted residences.
• Completed site visits on all open cases.
• Drafting a proposed "Amnesty Campaign" program to address the large number of
current violations prior to implementation of the new code enforcement code.
• Next Steps:
o Assist Prosecutor's office on revising Code Enforcement section of the County
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o Develop internal departmental policies on how to handle violation cases based
on the new enforcement Code
o Inform and educate citizens on permitting requirements, with the goal of getting
more people to come into DCD prior to starting their projects.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Other than staff time, there is no fiscal impact related to this briefing session.
RECOMMENDATION:
Become acquainted with the DCD Code Compliance Coordinator, learn about the program and
provide feedback and direction as appropriate
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