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Planning Office Budget Gains Grant‑funded Staff; Councilors Question Director Pay and Transparency
Summary
The Office of Planning and Development told councilors it is moving two finance positions back to community development and expects about $865,000 in grant reimbursements for FY26; councilors asked for clearer line‑item detail and pressed about director compensation and which positions are grant funded.
The Lawrence Office of Planning and Development (OPD) outlined a general‑fund budget that shifts two finance positions back into community development, lists several grant‑funded program staff and shows a large anticipated grant reimbursement amount, prompting councilors to seek clarity on staff funding sources and the OPD director’s recent pay increases.
Acting community development director Charlene Pascual said two positions—the financial and administrative services manager and a finance officer—were transferred from planning to community development; those moves explain much of the personnel‑service change in the OPD general‑fund schedules. The department’s finance officer and other program staff are partially or wholly grant funded; the OPD expects roughly $865,000…
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