TO: Mayor Collins and Town Council Members
FROM: Kevin Burke, Town Manager
DATE: September 14, 2017
DEPARTMENT: Town Manager
Staff Contact Kevin Burke, Town Manager
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Departmental Reorganization Funding
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Council Goals or Statutory Requirements:
Governance - Review and seek improvement to processes and procedures for our community.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt the budget reallocations stated below to achieve the Town Manager's Departmental Reorganization.
Background
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The Town Manager is seeking a reorganization of several Town positions. The goals are to increase policy management, improve organizational management, and add expertise and capacity to Finance and Information Technology work groups.
Policy management is the function of managing Mayor and Council goals, the agendas, strategic direction of the organization, and other policy questions that come up through the course of providing services. Operational management is the supervision, facilitation and problem solving necessary to deliver the services pledged in an efficient and effective manner.
In the Council-Manager form of government, staff assignments are the domain of the town manager, provided the manager stays within the approved budget and personnel allocation. This authority can be found in Town Code 3-2-2, which states:
"The Council or Manager may create and remove from time to time such other offices as deemed necessary and that are not provided for in this Code or State statute" (Town Code 3-2-2).
Further, section 3-2-6 of the Town Code states:
"The Town Manager shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of the government...it shall be his duty and he shall have the powers [to]...appoint, remove, suspend, promote, and demote appointive officers and employees of the Town."
The reorganization affects three positions. Two are existing positions and the third is a new position. The principal reor...
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