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Duvall proposes new Community and Economic Development director role, adds principal planner to strengthen business engagement

6441823 · October 22, 2025
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City Administrator Cynthia McNabb presented a staffing proposal to reclassify the Community Development Director role to include explicit economic development duties and to create a principal planner position to strengthen in‑house planning capacity.

City Administrator Cynthia McNabb presented a staffing proposal to the Duvall City Council on Oct. 21 to reframe the community development function around economic development and to add professional planning capacity.

The proposal would reclassify the current Community Development Director position to “Community and Economic Development Director,” rewrite the job description to embed business engagement and non‑public‑works grant administration, and raise the salary pay grade from 110 to 120 to improve market competitiveness. The administration said it was not requesting a budget adjustment at this meeting; the presentation was a concept for council consideration and potential recruitment.

As part of the reorganization the city would also hire a…

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