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Manville city secretary, public information and municipal court outline operations and multi‑year staffing plan
Summary
City Secretary Tammy and Public Information Officer Blake presented departmental duties, recent outputs and a multi‑year staffing plan for municipal court; PIO requested livestream upgrade equipment and court outlined future staffing milestones including a juvenile case manager and, later, a full‑time prosecutor.
City Secretary Tammy briefed the Manville City Council at the July 14 workshop on the duties and recent workload of the city secretary’s office, the public information office and municipal court and described a multi‑year staffing plan for the court.
Tammy said the city secretary’s office acts as a central records and meeting coordinator for the council, boards and commissions. She described core duties including agenda preparation, records management, open‑records response and maintaining the city’s code, master fee schedule and administrative policies. “The city secretary along with the tax collectors, [is] the oldest public servant role in local government,” Tammy said.
Public Information Office Blake Cyphers, the public information officer, reported year‑over‑year growth in online engagement and asked the council to approve a modest equipment and room upgrade to support improved livestreaming. Tammy gave two line items for the PIO livestream upgrade: a $3,395 camera bundle and $1,095 for Blackmagic‑brand switching/recording equipment to enable multi‑camera streams and better audience view options. The equipment request is an informational ask to prepare for a later budget decision.
Municipal Court Megan, the court administrator, described court operations and a five‑year staffing plan the court will present as part of budget planning. Court staffing changes proposed across multiple fiscal years include adding a senior court clerk this year, a juvenile case manager and an additional deputy clerk next fiscal year, a full‑time prosecutor in 2027–28, a warrant clerk and court operations clerk in 2028–29, and a chief court clerk plus one more deputy in 2029–30. Tammy said the court will decide with council later whether to bring on a full‑time judge.
Key numbers and accomplishments - Meetings and records: Tammy reported the office supported 59 meetings so far in the fiscal year, handled 185 police open‑records requests and 148 city open‑records requests, and supported two elections during the reporting period. She also listed 30 ordinances and 34 resolutions adopted to date. - Court constraints and facilities: Tammy noted spatial limits will ease when the court moves to a new building; staffing requests are staged to match caseload growth and facility availability.
Discussion and next steps Council members thanked Tammy for the overview and congratulated her on a recent leadership award mentioned during the meeting. No budget approvals were taken at the workshop; staff said personnel and equipment requests will be considered during the formal budget process and returned to council with supporting detail.
Ending note Tammy and department leads asked council members to follow up with staff on specific questions; the mayor asked staff to present the remaining department budgets at the council meeting on Monday.
