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Finance committee told risk and safety team is understaffed; city launches executive search for director

3184938 · May 3, 2025
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City officials said risk and safety operations have multiple vacancies and an executive search for a director is underway; committee members asked for a reassessment of how risk, safety and outside counsel are organized and funded.

City officials told the finance committee the city’s Risk and Safety office is operating with several vacancies and that an executive search for the top risk position is underway. The committee heard that the office is responsible for insurance procurement, claims oversight, safety training, workers’ compensation and other functions that intersect with legal and financial risk.

“There's lots and lots of things that the risk staff performs,” the city manager said, noting the insurance market’s volatility and the importance of the function for city…

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