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<br />Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 10.1 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />Work Session December 5, 2023 Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Department Reorganization Lauren Wipper, Human Resources Manager <br />Reviewed by <br /> <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />Receive information and provide staff direction. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />Finance Director Lori Ziemer announced her retirement effective December 19, 2022. As with any departure, we <br />review staffing, managerial and operational needs. As our staff grows professionally, we often are able find <br />efficiencies in our management and supervisory structure to enhance our operations, to provide further growth <br />for our employees and often, to save money. <br /> <br />Over the past five years, we have made a number of organizational changes to take advantage of promotions and <br />growth. For example, the facilities maintenance services division was moved from the Finance Department to the <br />direction of the recreated Public Works Department and Parks Maintenance was also moved to Public Works <br />from the Parks and Recreation. With the construction of the multipurpose facility, the Senior Activity Center was <br />closed, and senior programming activities moved to the facility along with the demolition of the Lions Park <br />Center community space which also resulted in a larger operation involving the ice arena operations. <br /> <br />As a result, both the Parks and Recreation and Finance Departments have decreased in size. The Finance <br />Department currently consists of the Finance, IT and Liquor Operations Division. The city administrator <br />proposes to combine the two departments which would consist of five divisions, Finance, Liquor, IT, FT Center, <br />and Recreation Programming into one department under the leadership of a director with broader governmental <br />or business management experience. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />N/A <br /> <br />Mission/Policy/Goal <br />Elk River Mission <br /> <br />Attachments <br /> None <br /> <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 />