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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM BRIEFING SHEET Submittal Date: Originating Department: Presented By: Agenda Item No.: 07/06/2009 Council Date: City Council Will Biard 19. 07/27/09 RECOMMENDED MOTION: POLICY ISSUE(S): Personnel; Budget At the March 9, 2009 Council meeting a departmental reorganization plan was presented and included the following elements: • Merge engineering, building inspections, & airport into the Department of Engineering, Planning, & Development with City Engineer as department head • Eliminate the Assistant Director of Public Works position & create a Director of Public Works who reports to the City Manager • Move Main Street to PEDC or under City Manager • Contract out grant writing & monitoring • Contract building inspections & plan review • Replace Bldg./Elec. Insp. with Code Enforcement Supervisor • Replace CAD Tech with Permit Tech • Net loss of 2 positions - Community Development Director & CBO Due to the larger budget considerations, this plan cannot be completed until the FY 2009-2010 budget process is complete. Since March, the building inspections and grant writing have been farmed out and Council stated at the July 13 meeting that a final determination on retaining Bureau Veritas would be made during the FY 2009-2010 budget process. An ad hoc committee comprised of Chamber, PEDC, and City officials on July 7 reviewed a plan from Pete Kampfer for moving the Main Street Manager under the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Kampfer was asked to add additional details to the plan for the committee to review but he resigned three days later. Over the last two weeks Chamber President Pike Burkhart has spoken with Mr. Kampfer and with the Main Street Advisory Board and has also asked city staff for information in order to revise the plan for the committee to review the first week of August. Regardless of the final location of the Main Street Manager position (with the City or Chamber), it will be budget neutral for the City. In addition, a committee of Chamber and City staff have the planning and operation of the Festival of Pumpkins under control. Under the reorganization plan, the Community Development Director position will be eliminated and the salary savings from that position utilized for the other parts of the plan. Council has not indicated a desire to amend the plan. Council Member Biard has requested discussion and action on this item. City of Paris Revised 2/04/08 J