2018/10/17 Council Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

• October 17, 2018 As Everett continues to grow and change, our residents and businesses must be at the table. Strong community networks will help create the kind of city that we all want. The new community development team, which will work closely with our planning and economic development teams, brings together similar functions from throughout the City, and will provide new ways for our community members to become engaged with each other and the City. Next year we will also launch an online open data platform to provide even greater access to City information. The organizational changes we've made better align our teams around key community priorities, and will allow us to be more transparent with how we're spending the resources that have been entrusted to us. Looking ahead As we near the end of 2018 and my first year in this office, I am excited • about what the coming year holds for Everett. We are currently conducting national searches for two important director positions in Public Works and Human Resources, and I look forward to working with those teams to provide even better service to our community and our employees. This fall we'll continue our work to identify the best location for the Public Works service center. However, we know the service center is not the only City building in need of attention. As Executive Director, Paul Kaftanski moves into his new role overseeing our transportation and infrastructure departments, we will begin work to identify and prioritize future upgrades to our facilities to keep our employees safe and provide the highest-level of customer service to our community. And in addition to our ongoing work on public safety, economic development and community engagement initiatives, we will also see several major City projects wrap up or get underway in 2019. • 326