DAYTON—At their meeting on Dec. 7, the Dayton City Council approved a $5,765,300 budget for 2016 that places hiring of a part-time code enforcement officer at the top of the list.

The code enforcement officer would be the primary contact for land use complaints, and would actively pursue and enforce city health and safety codes and ordinances, according to city officials.

City Clerk Trina Cole said that she is receiving more and more complaints from the public about people being out of compliance with the code ordinances.

“We’ve had many complaints. People are not happy,” said Cole....