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Council tables authorization to recruit for several senior positions pending organizational review
Summary
Councilmembers debated requests to recruit for an assistant public works director, chief of police and community services director after a temporary hiring freeze; public commenters and some council members urged pause pending the modernization/organizational review, and the council tabled the items to receive more information in closed session.
Staff sought council authorization to recruit for three senior positions previously frozen under a temporary hiring freeze: an assistant public works director, the chief of police (pending an announced retirement) and the director of community services.
Director Kellogg told the council the request is to permit recruitment while considering…
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