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Council presses staff on coordination with new Resilience & Sustainability department
Summary
Councilors pressed Director Schultz about the role the new Department of Resilience and Sustainability played in assembling the utilities budget; the director said technical work was primarily his office while the resilience director described ongoing onboarding and coordination on grants and projects.
Councilors used the workshop to probe how the recently created Department of Resilience and Sustainability has been involved in utilities planning. Councilor Carlin asked whether the director of resilience was actively part of budget development; Schultz said roughly an 80/20 split—his office carried the detailed technical work while the resilience director reviewed and coordinated on grants and strategic items.
The city's resilience director (speaker 8) said she is in onboarding (seven months) and is learning the budget processes, coordinating on grants, bond projects and priority areas such as the north and east ends. She told councilors she expects to be fluent in the budget process with more time and that she is reviewing and asking questions to better align departmental priorities. Several councilors signaled they will continue oversight and follow‑up in future meetings.
