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<br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 4.7 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Consent April 18, 2022 Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Organizational Chart Update and Approve Job Lauren Wipper, Human Resources Manager <br />Descriptions <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Approve, by motion, updates to the city organizational charts and the job descriptions Community Development <br />Director and Environmental Services and Special Projects Director <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />With the resignation of the environmental coordinator, an evaluation of the community development department <br />was completed to identify opportunities to streamline the department and maximize staff member skills. <br /> <br />The current community development director has seven years’ experience working with a watershed district and a <br />conservation district. She also holds a Project Management Professional Certification and has completed the MIT <br />Sloan School of Management Executive Program of Corporate Strategy. I am comfortable she will easily fulfill <br />the environmental services role, continue to maintain the management of the employee safety program, and <br />manage more special projects as she has successfully done with the Rolling Hills SSTS, Broadband Expansion, <br />and CitizenServe Software Migration. <br /> <br />The Planning Manager has demonstrated his proficiency in personnel management/leadership and community <br />development and is well equipped to broaden his role with the department and the city leadership team. Over the <br />next few months, we will monitor the planning load and, if necessary, discuss with the Council the addition of an <br />entry level planner. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />The promotion to community development director includes a pay increase to the director-level wage grade. The <br />elimination of the environmental services coordinator position and upcoming successions in the building safety <br />division through two retirements will fund the director promotion and a planner position if deemed necessary. <br /> <br />Mission/Policy/Goal <br />Elk River Mission – meet changing needs <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> Updated Organizational Charts <br /> Community Development Director Job Description <br /> Environmental Services and Special Services Director <br /> <br />The Elk River Vision <br />A welcoming community with revolutionary and spirited resourcefulness, exceptional <br /> <br />service, and community engagement that encourages and inspires prosperity. <br /> Updated: August 2020 <br />