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Mayor’s office details executive order reorganizing city divisions, creating three new departments
Summary
A mayor's office representative presented an executive order that restructures city administration into two divisions and creates three departments — Neighborhoods and Planning, Animal Services, and Resilience and Equity — and described staff and budget shifts that account for most of a proposed mayor’s office increase.
A mayor’s office representative presented an executive order the speaker said was issued pursuant to “Article 3, Section 1.6” of the revised charter and outlined organizational changes that move staff and responsibilities across departments.
The presentation described creation of two divisions: a Division of Public Administration overseen by Mike Miller that the presenter said covers roughly 61% of the city’s budget and 2,167 employees, and a Division of Public Safety overseen by Laurel Roberts that the presenter said covers roughly 28% of the budget and about 2,067 employees. Together the speaker said the two divisions cover approximately 89% of the city budget and about 4,234 employees.
The order, the mayor’s representative said, also creates three departments: the Department of Neighborhoods and Planning (to sit under administration), the Department of Animal Services (under public safety) and the Department of Resilience and Equity (transitioned from the mayor’s prior office of resilience and equity). The presentation said the Department of Resilience and Equity will continue to include compliance work and family, children and youth programs currently in the mayor’s office.
The presenter and councilors discussed several staff moves and budget implications. The mayor’s office increase in the proposed budget — cited by staff as roughly $945,000 — was explained largely as the technical result of moving positions from the former Department of City Experience into the mayor’s office and funding new mayoral appointees to support priorities such as homelessness, housing and cross-departmental initiatives. The presenter said roughly $414,000 of the increase reflected three positions transferred from the Department of City Experience, with the remaining amount funding new appointee roles tied to council and mayoral priorities.
Council members asked for clarifying detail, including a roster of department heads and the exact budget line moves; staff agreed to provide technical corrections and a more legible organizational chart.
