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City staff announce stormwater moved to utilities; one division manager position eliminated
Summary
Englewood staff told the Budget Advisory Committee that the stormwater division will move back to Utilities and the building and codes divisions are being combined; one division-manager position was eliminated.
City staff told the Englewood City Budget Advisory Committee on Sept. 18 that the stormwater division will move from Public Works back to Utilities and that the building and codes divisions have been merged into a single Building and Codes division; one division-manager position was eliminated as part of that consolidation.
A staff member briefed the committee under the staff’s-choice portion of the agenda and said the change is intended to align stormwater with other utility enterprise management functions and to improve master planning, rate and fee planning, and financial rigor for the stormwater enterprise fund. The staff member said the move follows the observation during the budget process that the stormwater program had not done timely master planning and that a unified utilities business-services group can better support the stormwater fund.
The staff member told the committee there was one elimination of a position as a result of combining two divisions into one: “There was only 1 elimination of a position that resulted, from this, from combining 2 divisions into 1. We didn't need 2 division managers,” the staff member said. The staff member also said all other affected employees were invited to apply for converted positions.
City staff described the financial rationale: recent large capital needs such as new detention ponds revealed funding gaps in the stormwater fund and underscored the need for five-year master planning and rate-setting. The committee was told most enterprise debt is tied to capital projects and paid through user rates rather than the general fund; general obligation bond debt is paid from property tax and is treated separately. Tyson Thornberg and Jenny Nolan will coordinate scheduling for capital-prioritization discussions and a planned joint meeting with the Planning & Zoning Commission, likely to occur in November.
The committee acknowledged the change and asked staff to include the reorganization in upcoming department budget presentations. No formal vote was taken on the organizational change during this meeting; staff said the changes have been announced and were being implemented in department reporting and budget materials.
