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MEMO TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUN' L <br />FROM: CLERK-ADMINISTRATI <br />DATM; APRIL 10, 1985 <br />SUBJECT: PUBLIC WORKS/PARKS MAINTENANCE REORGANIZATION <br />As you may know, the Parks Maintenance function of the <br />City's Public Works Department was separated from that <br />department and, along with two maintenance personnel, <br />assigned to the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Depart- <br />ment for a twelve month trial period. This reorganiza- <br />tion was undertaken for the following reasons: <br />1. As far back as memory and City records go, <br />the City's Parks Directors have voiced <br />dissatisfaction with the City's Parks <br />Maintenance function of not being under their <br />direct control as they did not feel Parks <br />Maintenance had an appropriately high enough <br />priority in relationship to other Public <br />Works activities. Also, the Parks Directors <br />objected to being responsible for budgeting <br />_ for Parks Maintenance and yet having no <br />control ovar the actual work. <br />Due to a certain amount of instability in the <br />leadership of the Public Works Department at <br />the time, it seemed appropriate to lessen the <br />negative impact resulting from that situation <br />by limiting the burden on the new leadership <br />thus allowing for a concentration of effort. <br />The !stipulated twelve-month trial period has expired and I <br />have reviewed the situation with both Parks and Recreation <br />Direotor Anderson and Public Works/Community Development <br />Dire,:tor Thatcher. It was their individual recommendation, <br />with which I concur, Parks Maintenance responsibilities be <br />retuned to the Public. Works Department, not as a result of <br />the failure of the current arrangement, but in the best <br />interest of the organization as a whole. <br />We reel that at this time the City's organizational <br />structure is such that we are more productive when combining <br />people in tasks than when individuals are too specialized in <br />their functions and that a continued decentralization of <br />Public Works and Parks Maintenance functions would be <br />detrimental to the efficient scheduling and use of man- <br />power and equipment. <br />