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Johnston council approves FY26 staffing changes, adds HR director and IT coordinator
Summary
The Johnston City Council on Monday approved a package of staffing changes that add an HR director and an enterprise applications/IT coordinator, reclassify several police positions and adjust public-safety support roles to share costs between police and the fire district.
The Johnston City Council on Monday approved a package of staffing changes for fiscal 2026 that reclassifies several public-safety positions and adds administrative roles intended to ease an upcoming retirement and expand IT and human-resources capacity.
City staff asked the council to authorize: adding a detective position; reclassifying an investigation-unit sergeant opening to police lieutenant; reclassifying the field operations division commander (lieutenant) to police captain; reclassifying an existing public-safety support specialist to public-safety support manager and creating a new public-safety support specialist; and adding a…
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