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City manager reorganizes leadership structure; council adopts resolution establishing managing directors and new reporting lines
Summary
The Amarillo City Council adopted a resolution to reorganize the city’s leadership structure, placing human resources and internal audit under the city manager, refocusing the CFO role, and adding managing-director positions to improve coordination for major capital projects and service delivery.
City Manager Grayson Path presented a revised organizational chart and the council adopted Resolution 06-10-25-2, reorganizing senior leadership to align oversight with major projects and anticipated turnover.
Path said the changes respond to pending retirements and large capital projects — notably the major wastewater treatment plant — and aim to streamline oversight and strategic coordination. Key elements included:
- Refining the chief financial officer role to focus exclusively on financial strategy and stewardship (Laura Storrs will be the CFO-focused role, per the presentation). - Moving Human Resources and Internal Audit to report directly to the city manager to improve independence and to centralize grievance and audit responsibilities. - Grouping departments into three "spheres of oversight": public safety (Deputy City Manager Freeman), community services (Assistant City Manager Rich Galyon) and public infrastructure (Assistant City Manager Donnie Hooper). - Reinstating a Managing Director position and appointing two managing directors to support spans of control: Jerry Danfurst for public infrastructure clusters and Jason Riddlesburger for community services clusters.
Path said Floyd Hartman will serve as a special advisor through his remaining tenure to assist with legacy water and wastewater projects. Council discussed the reasoning for the HR and internal-audit moves; Path said staff and his chiefs supported the realignment and emphasized the organizational benefits for complex upcoming projects.
Council voted to adopt the resolution establishing the new organizational chart; the motion passed with council approval.
