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City manager proposes merged Emergency Management and Communications department with new director
Summary
City Manager David Hugg proposed creating an Emergency Management and Communications department to reduce single‑point dependency in the city’s emergency response and to centralize certain communications and safety functions.
City Manager David Hugg proposed creating a new Emergency Management and Communications department that would combine the city’s existing emergency management functions with communications and parts of the fire marshal’s office, with the stated aim of strengthening emergency response capacity, internal safety oversight and staff career paths.
Why it matters: Hugg told the council the city’s emergency management capability heavily depended on a single person and lacked redundancy for prolonged operations or absences. The new unit would add a director and a deputy (drawn from an existing fire…
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