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Joint consolidation board adopts new organizational chart, signals hiring push
Summary
The Du Bois City and Sandy Township joint consolidation board approved a revised organizational chart that narrows managers' direct reports, combines several departments and preserves positions for future growth; board leaders said filling vacancies is critical to realizing efficiencies.
The Du Bois City and Sandy Township Joint Consolidation Board voted to replace Exhibit B of the consolidation agreement with a revised organizational chart, a step the board’s staff said is meant to reduce management burden and prepare the merged government for future hires.
Board leaders and staff framed the change as groundwork for longer-term savings and improved operations once vacant roles are filled. Staff emphasized the chart is a plan—not a guarantee—that sets the structure the new city will use to post and fill positions.
The new chart groups municipal functions into four main departments (police, public works, administration and planning), tightens span of control so managers have roughly five to seven direct reports, and renames several leadership roles (for example, community and economic development director becomes planning director). Staff told…
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