Staff member: Limited personnel and court costs slow trash enforcement

A staff member said enforcement of neighborhood trash complaints is slowed by limited personnel and the need to hire lawyers for court. "We have a lot of trash issues. We have people burning trash. We have people piling trash up in their yards. We are working on all of them," the staff member said.

The staff member said the office does not have enough personnel to speed up enforcement and that legal expenses are a constraint. "We do not have enough personnel to make it any quicker than it currently is. We have to have lawyers when we go to court. So it's very expensive, and, honestly, we're trying to handle them and get as much compliance as we can. And with some of them, it's just not working. So" the staff member said.

The remarks describe the most common complaints staff are handling — burning trash and accumulated piles in private yards — and identify staffing and court-related costs as the primary barriers to faster resolution. No formal action or timeline for new resources was provided in the transcript.

The update did not specify the number of open cases, the number of enforcement staff, or the amount spent on legal services. The staff member said the office is attempting to obtain compliance but that some cases remain unresolved.

Because the speaker did not provide additional details, it is not specified whether alternative enforcement tools, community outreach, or changes to ordinance language are under consideration.

Officials did not provide a timetable for hiring, additional enforcement measures, or follow-up reporting in the remarks captured in the transcript.