SUBJECT: GENERAL BUSINESS
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Updated Organization Chart, Personnel Promotions and Police Positions
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PRESENTER/PREPARER: Malcolm Fleming, Town Administrator
FISCAL INFORMATION:
Cost as Recommended: TBD
Balance Available:
Fund: General Fund
Budget Line Item Number: Various
New Appropriation Required: TBD
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Confirm the Board supports the Town Administrator's proposed organizational changes, or identify additional information the Board desires before the Administrator implements the proposed changes.
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SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND OF SUBJECT MATTER:
The 2019 Work Plan approved by the Board of Trustees lists "Organizational Health. Evaluate organizational structure" as one of the priorities the Board wants the Administrator to address. Based on the Administrator's discussions with the Board, and with the senior leadership team, as well as the Administrator's experience with different organizational structures in other comparable municipalities, the Administrator proposes to establish the organizational structure shown below and illustrated in more detail in the attached charts.
This new structure optimizes the spans of control for the Town Administrator and Deputy Town Administrator; provides clear succession planning; clarifies the chain of command and accountability; and resolves the mismatch between position responsibilities and position titles for the Economic Development and Information Technology positions relative to peer municipalities (by elevating the title-and compensation-of both these positions from "Manager" to "Director" to reflect the magnitude and level of the responsibilities associated with each position in this labor market and their importance and value to the Town).
The specific actions to implement this new organizational structure include:
1. Eliminate the previous "Assistant to Town Administrator" positions.
2. Create the Deputy Town Administrator positi...
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