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Council weighs creating project management office to improve grant readiness and oversee capital projects
Summary
Councilors and staff debated creating a certified project management office (PMO) or program manager to coordinate grant-ready projects, manage contracts and reporting, and reduce delays; staff said a PMO could make the city more competitive on major grants but salary and budget details remain to be worked out.
The council workshop moved from outreach to internal delivery capacity when staff and councilors discussed creating a project management office to coordinate large, grant-funded projects and manage implementation. The city's grant writer and grant administrator argued a PMO would provide a single owner for schedule and scope and relieve directors of last-minute data requests.
"If the city wants to continue to have multimillion dollar projects, we need…
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