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~tel ° ° Elk~`-~ River MEMORANDUM o a~rand qty ®unc~~ ° ®r~ johns®n, qty dr~tinastrat®r ° o arch ~ j r ani~ati~nal tructur~l ub~ic ors irect®r ~stt~®n Attached is a copy of the City's organizational chart, It is similar to other cities of comparable size with the exception that most of the cities have an assistant manager/administrator and a human resource director. In some cities those positions are combined or the assistant also serves as the community development director, Many cities have separate city engineer and public worl~s director or superintendent positions. Engineering falls under community development i.n some cities and under public works in others. The City's organizational structure was developed in a time of high growth and with the assumption that funds would be available to fill all positions, As we know, much has changed since then. There aren't funds available for every position and the priorities and work load have changed immensely. Faced with this situation, we were forced to eliminate positions and lay off employees last year including the community development director. As with many businesses and governments, we are constantly doing more with less. At every opportunity we need to reevaluate our situation and position ourselves the best we can under the current the circumstances, ~1e know that it is not possible to fund all department head positions this year; those that aren't critical may go unfilled. The two department head positions open are public worl~s director and community development director. The public works director served as the city engineer with some of the city engineer work delegated to a consulting engineer. while it is discretionary to have a public worl~s director or community development director, it is necessary to have a city engineer. The planning and building divisions work closely with the engineer on development related activities, An engineer needs to sign development plans and fulfill various MnD~T requirements among other things, Either through a consulting arrangement or by hiring an employee, the engineering role must be filled.