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Martinsville removes Director of Planning and Engineering role; seeks planner or compliance officer
Summary
Council's salary ordinance eliminated the Director of Planning and Engineering position; committee members said about 75% of the role involved compliance work and the city is advertising to hire either a city planner or a compliance officer, relying on contracted engineering expertise for specialized projects.
Officials said the council's recently adopted salary ordinance removed the Director of Planning and Engineering role and that the city will seek either a city planner or a compliance officer to cover remaining responsibilities.
A speaker said roughly three-quarters of the former director's work involved compliance tasks such as state and federal reporting on stormwater outfalls and retention ponds. The committee plans to rely on specialized engineering firms (for example, HWC or United) for technical project work while hiring a planner or compliance officer to manage master planning and regulatory reporting.
The committee asked for questions and noted that recruitment advertising is underway. The change is intended to shift technical engineering work to external consultants while maintaining in-house capacity for planning and compliance oversight.
Committee members did not vote on personnel appointments during the meeting; they described the change as administrative following the ordinance.
