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Planning department seeks to fill intake and data‑outreach positions funded by new grants; committee sends to full council
Summary
The Personnel Committee moved two Planning & Development positions — an intake specialist and a data/outreach coordinator — to the full council for ordinance review. Staff said both posts have been vacant more than six months and that grant funding will cover them starting April 1.
Lawrence’s Personnel Committee on Feb. 24 voted to send to the full council two reauthorization items to allow the Planning & Development Department to post and fill positions funded by recent grants.
Acting HR Director and Planning staff said the intake specialist role (ordinance 2.70.180) and a data specialist/outreach coordinator (ordinance 2.70.160) have been vacant since mid‑2024. Planning Office staff told the committee the city recently received a four‑year lead‑hazard reduction grant that includes funding for the intake specialist, which the department expects to activate April 1. The intake specialist would review applications for lead paint removal, determine income eligibility, and process invoices and purchase orders.
Staff said the data/outreach coordinator position also will be funded by grant money. Committee members asked whether job descriptions exist and whether postings had been circulated; staff produced an older job posting (from 2020) and said they would update materials as needed. The committee voted to send both items as committee reports to the full council and ordinance committee for review.
