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Traverse City creates facilities manager position to centralize building oversight
Summary
The City Commission voted to create and fill a Facilities Manager position aimed at centralizing building maintenance, leases and tenant coordination across the city’s 191 facility sites and 120 buildings.
The Traverse City Commission on April 7 authorized creation and filling of a new Facilities Manager position to centralize management of the city’s buildings and infrastructure.
City Manager Vogel said the position is intended to replace the current, scattered approach in which multiple departments share responsibility for facilities and to preserve institutional knowledge as long‑time staff retire. “We currently lack standardized processes for setting rents, managing leases, handling tenant concerns, conducting preventative maintenance, or even issuing RFPs for tenancy in city owned spaces,” City…
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