COSTA MESA
The City Council committed to boosting code enforcement with additional staff Monday when it unanimously approved a $86.7-million budget for 2000-01.
The new budget, discussed at several community meetings last week, does not include many changes from last year’s.
The first draft of the budget did not account for the three additional officers, who will make sure houses are built and maintained properly. City Manager Allan Roeder assured the council at a meeting last week that the Finance Department could find a way to fund the additional staff.
The council will use money budgeted for West Side improvements to pay the officers’ salaries. The new officers are scheduled to hit the streets next year.
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