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Farmers Branch sustainability staff moved under Public Works; committee briefed on reporting, permitting and concrete-diversion changes
Summary
At its Dec. 13 meeting the Farmers Branch Sustainability Committee heard that the city’s sustainability group has been reassigned to Public Works, with shifts in reporting lines, consolidation of customer service functions and a new ability to separate concrete for recycling at the landfill.
On Thursday, Dec. 13, the Farmers Branch Sustainability Committee received a staff update that the city’s sustainability unit has been moved under the Department of Public Works and that several operational changes are already underway.
Staff described a change in reporting lines and personnel: “So Shane is now gonna be the deputy director of Public Works,” a sustainability staff member said, adding that the unit’s responsibilities and personnel are transferring with him. The staff member said the unit previously reported to Mike Madiker and now reports to Tareen, who previously worked in sustainability; the staff member added that they will ultimately report to Ryan Sarter, public works director.
The staff member said the reorganization should bring greater capacity for capital projects and more redundancy in staffing. “So I’m optimistic that that’ll go pretty well,” the staff member said.
Committee members were also told that Public Works will take on some of the city’s “customer success representatives” functions and that the city is working to merge utility billing and permitting customer contacts into a single group to streamline service.
On operations and waste-diversion, staff reported a change at the landfill: “At bridal c, we are now separating bridal, and we’re taking concrete there ... we can actually take that and divert that now for the landfill,” the staff member said. Committee members and staff discussed that separated concrete is heavy by weight and is repurposed — staff described it being recycled and used as base material for roads.
The committee heard the update but did not take formal action on the items presented. The committee’s next scheduled meeting was announced as Jan. 10.
The committee adjourned at 5:52 p.m. after a motion and second; the motion to adjourn was approved.
