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REQUEST FOR ACTION <br /> River <br /> TO ITEM NUMBER <br /> Mayor and City Council 10.2 <br /> AGENDA SECTION MEETING DATE PREPARED BY <br /> Work Session May 21,2012 Cal Fortner,City Administrator <br /> ITEM DESCRIPTION REVIEWED By <br /> Discuss Organizational Structure <br /> REVIEWED BY <br /> ACTION REOUESTED <br /> Review and provide feedback on proposed organizational structure. <br /> BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION <br /> Current Status <br /> During the final budget meeting, the council adopted a budget with a number of unfunded staffing <br /> vacancies. The council did budget a General Fund Contingency line item with $191,550 to use for <br /> funding following a review of staffing needs by the city administrator and following a discussion and <br /> approval by the counciL <br /> From the staffing contingency,$33,000 was allocated to fulfill three staffing requests: <br /> 1) Moving a recreation department office assistant position from temporary to regular part time <br /> 2) Adding four hours per week to an existing part-time recreation office assistant <br /> 3) Clarifying the role of the Interim Street Maintenance Superintendent <br /> After the changes were made,$158,550 remains of the staff contingency funds. <br /> The existing staffing structure has vacancies in the following positions: <br /> 1) Community Development Director <br /> 2) Public Works Director <br /> 3) Engineering Technician <br /> 4) Environmental Services Technician <br /> 5) Senior Planner <br /> Staff has identified a number of other areas where help is needed including the following: <br /> 1) Human Resources Assistant <br /> 2) Communications Coordinator <br /> Position Requests <br /> Following a review of city operations and consideration of the skills,strengths, and potential growth of <br /> existing staff there are a number positions we need to improve the span of control,to improve workload <br /> prioritization,enhance department-level and organizational strategic planning, and improve <br /> accountability for services and operations. <br /> PIVEIEI H:\My Documents\Orgchartme mo.doc I ] <br /> NATURE <br />