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Engineering asks for more staff to reduce reliance on consultants, highlights right-of-way enforcement wins
Summary
The City Engineering Department proposed three staffing changes for 2026 to increase in-house capacity for right-of-way permitting, project engineering and construction inspection.
Andrew Seabore, city engineer, presented the Engineering Department’s 2026 budget and described three proposed staffing changes designed to expand in-house capacity and reduce dependence on external consultants.
Seabore described the proposed reclassification of one engineering field specialist to a program manager to lead right-of-way permitting, the addition of a second project engineer to advance capital initiatives and standardization work, and a new construction inspector to increase oversight of work in the field. He told council that adding these…
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