The City’s Budget for fiscal year 2017-2018 renamed the Community Development Department as the Development Services Department.  Along with the aforementioned renaming of the Department, the City’s Code Enforcement Division was renamed as the Code Compliance Division and the administrative responsibility for Code Compliance was shifted from the City’s Police Department to the Development Services Department.  The Development Services Department is now comprised of the four following divisions; (1) the Building Division; (2) the Code Compliance Division; and (3) the Planning and Zoning Division (4) Administration 

Natural efficiencies exist within these four Divisions due to various interrelated job functions, however, the current organization of City employees within the Department does not fully realize these efficiencies; (the current Development Services Department organizational chart is attached as Exhibit ‘A’).  The City Council, and City staff, is constantly striving to increase internal efficiencies, transparency, and a greater sense of community.  The City Council has instructed City staff to provide a strategy to increase the standards of living throughout the City.  In response, City staff has created an amended organizational chart for the Development Services Department, which will provide the opportunity for City staff to strengthen processes and procedures and expeditiously accomplish community goals (attached hereto as Exhibit ‘B’).