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Council debates creating a city safety coordinator amid split views on cost and outsourcing
Summary
City staff proposed a new safety coordinator position to centralize safety and emergency-preparedness duties; councilors split on hiring a full‑time employee versus contracting the work, citing workload, cost of benefits, and the city's roughly 160–174 employees.
City human-resources staff presented a proposal for a new safety coordinator during the FY26 budget committee-of-the-whole session, saying the role would centralize workplace safety, update manuals and training, and act as an emergency‑preparedness coordinator.
“Providing the training to the employees, and restoring the safety equipment is all gonna be part of this position as well as conducting accident investigations, training, and just generally being the subject matter expert,” said…
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