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Mayor outlines ‘modern gov’ restructuring: DFA and a reimagined CEDO to start July 1
Summary
The mayor and staff presented a plan to merge finance functions into a Department of Finance & Administration and to reintegrate downtown and economic development offices (BWD/SEDO/Church Street Marketplace) with a July 1 pilot; plan includes housing strategist, workforce focus and a pilot year before charter changes.
The Burlington mayor’s office presented details of a “modern gov” initiative that will reorganize municipal operations with the stated goals of improving continuity, reducing duplication and better aligning staff resources to city priorities.
City staff said a Department of Finance & Administration (DFA) will be launched July 1, consolidating accounting, treasury, human resources, information technology and assessor functions. Scott Barker and other staff walked councilors through org charts showing centralized accounting, pooled grant management and shared financial systems designed to reduce backlogs and balance workloads across departments.
The mayor also proposed a reconfiguration of the Community and Economic Development Office (often referred to as CEDO) that would merge elements of the Department of Business and Workforce Development (BWD) and bring the Church Street…
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