Committee presses to accelerate hiring; city planner identified as top priority

May 7, 2025

Committee members and staff discussed prolonged vacancies in planning and engineering and urged faster hiring steps; members recommended placing a contingency recruitment agreement for the city planner on the next Common Council agenda.

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Committee members on May 6 expressed urgency about multiple long-term vacancies — including the city planner, civil engineer, community development director and public works director — and asked staff to accelerate recruitment steps, with an emphasis on filling the city planner role first.

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