1. Business and Neighborhood Services
2019 Budget Presentation
Business and Neighborhood Services
Brian Madison, Director
Steven Webb, Chief Financial Officer

2. The mission of the Department of Business and Neighborhood Services (BNS) is to improve the quality of life in the City of Indianapolis and protect the welfare of persons and animals.

3. Agency Overview Animal Care Services
Animal adoptions, fostering, and rescue operations; Inspection & enforcement of animal welfare laws, codes, & ordinances
Construction and Business Services
Licensing and inspections of businesses, trades, activities, and events; Permitting, plan review, & inspection of sites, structures, & infrastructure
Property and Land Use Services
Inspection & enforcement of zoning, land use, environment, & blight; Multi-agency coordination of neighborhood sweeps & legal action

4. Achievements Animal Care Services
In order to reduce our euthanasia rates
Increase the # of Adoptions
Increase the # of animals in foster homes
Improve our live release rate.
To be proactive, partner with others, and provide resources to people and animals in need.
Community Cats

5. Achievements Construction & Business Services
Partner with Develop Indy
Ombudsman
Study permitting process
Create a proactive enforcement pilot program to address construction without permits and unlicensed contractors.
Continue to increase online availability and utilization of permits and other services.
Permits issued: 35,407, a 7.74% increase from 2016
Building inspection rate: 86%

6. Achievements Property & Land Use Services Blight Elimination.
Economic Development
RCA Site Demolition – March 2018

7. Achievements Property & Land Use Services Neighborhood Clean-ups
Trash, Illegal Dumping & Litter

8. Budget Breakdown - Total
General – 11.65%
Permit – 1%
CCC – 13.4%

9. Budget Breakdown – Character 1
General – 4 ACO’s, Administrator of Operations, Union/Non increases
Permit – 2 Enforcement Inspectors, Building Inspector, Project Development Analyst, Chief Project Coordinator (scooters), Union/Non increases, Compliance/ROW – smart sizing

10. Budget Breakdown – Character 2

11. Budget Breakdown – Character 3

12. Budget Breakdown – Character 4

13. Budget Breakdown – Character 5

14. Animal Care Services Goals
Improve overall operations; stabilize and increase staffing and volunteerism
Modernization
Fundraising feasibility study underway
Improve average response time on runs
Continue to increase adoption rate; decrease euthanasia numbers
Decrease average length of stay for animals at our facility

15. BNS Goals Construction & Business Services
Complete holistic review and assessment of our current permitting process and procedures.
Implement the recommendations.
Continue to improve our online permitting process.
Upgrade our case management system
Create long-term, sustainable enforcement program

16. BNS Goals Property & Land Use Services
Partner with Renew & DMD: Remediate environmental issues and eliminate blight.
Partner with development partners: re-investment and economic development.
Data-driven with input from residents, neighborhood groups and community development corporations on neighborhood priorities.

17. Questions?