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Sumner County names Marshall Boyd planning and engineering director; committee narrows reorganization language
Summary
The legislative committee approved naming Marshall Boyd to replace the outgoing director and approved reorganization language with the project‑manager line removed for separate budget consideration.
Sumner County commissioners voted in committee to name Marshall Boyd to lead the planning and engineering functions and agreed to limit immediate reorganization language so that a proposed project‑manager position is handled during the budget process.
County leadership presented a package of organizational changes to consolidate building projects, planning and grant work under a coordinated structure. The package would elevate Marshall Boyd to the top role in planning and engineering and would create changes to several job titles, including appointing a county planner and an assistant county engineer. County staff said the proposal did not require new money but would reallocate an existing budgeted position.
During discussion commissioners raised questions about procurement authority, where purchasing and RFP processes currently sit with the finance director, and how a transferred project‑manager position would affect finance department workloads. One commissioner proposed approving the appointment of Boyd while removing the explicit project‑manager language from the policy; that approach was adopted so the headcount and reporting for a dedicated project manager can be addressed in the next budget cycle.
The committee approved the personnel appointment of Marshall Boyd to replace the outgoing planning and engineering director; the committee also approved the reorganization policy as amended, removing project‑manager language for separate budget consideration. Commissioners and staff agreed procurement, purchase orders and RFPs remain under the finance director’s statutory authority and that the county will define any selection committee or procurement panel consistent with applicable procurement rules.
Staff materials in the packet included resumes for Boyd and other internal candidates, an organizational chart, and a redline of the county’s construction and renovation policy for committee review. The personnel appointment and amended policy will be forwarded to the full commission for final approval.
