City announces major corporate reorganization

Greater Sudbury is making some big changes to its corporate structure “in order to streamline operations, find efficiencies, and ultimately pave the way to deliver services to citizens more effectively,” the city announced in a news release late Thur

Greater Sudbury is making some big changes to its corporate structure “in order to streamline operations, find efficiencies, and ultimately pave the way to deliver services to citizens more effectively,” the city announced in a news release late Thursday afternoon.



With the city facing a $6-million shortfall as a result of the budget freeze this year, city managers have been tasked to save money by finding operating efficiencies and reducing staffing levels through attrition.



The current shuffle is also partly a response to the two-year secondment of Catherine Matheson, the general manager of community development, to the North-East Local Health Integration Network.



City CAO Doug Nadorozny wasn't available to comment Thursday, but in the release, he said the goals was a leaner but more effective city government.



“These changes are designed to allow us to emphasize and enhance the customer and employee experience of city hall,” Nadorozny is quoted as saying. “The leadership team at the city is ready to take on new challenges and opportunities as we work towards maximizing operational efficiency in the context of budget 2016 and beyond.”



Details of the restructuring include:



—Tim Beadman, the chief of fire and paramedic services, is appointed for two years to the position of general manager of health, social and emergency services, responsible for emergency services, fire services, paramedic services, social services, housing services and Pioneer Manor.



—Trevor Bain, executive deputy chief of fire and paramedic services, will assume the role of chief of fire and paramedic services.



—The city will post internally post for a vacancy for the position of general manager, citizen and leisure services. The two-year position is responsible for citizen services, leisure services and children services.



—Paul Baskcomb is no long the acting general manager of growth and development. He has been appointed to the position of general manager of growth and development, responsible for planning services, building services and economic development.



—Environmental services will move from the growth and development department to infrastructure services under the leadership of Tony Cecutti, general manager of infrastructure services.



—Transit and fleet services will move from infrastructure services, and asset services will move from growth and development, to the leadership of Lorella Hayes, who will assume a new title as general manager of finance, transit, assets and chief financial officer.



—Bylaw enforcement will be aligned with provincial offences and corporate security, moving from growth and development to court services and corporate security, which falls within administrative services under the leadership of Caroline Hallsworth.



Letters outlining the mandate for the changes, intended to guide departments’ strategic and work planning over the next two years, will be made available on the city’s website later this month. The overarching priorities for the organization over the coming years are:



—To emphasize the customer and the employee experience of city hall by reviewing each of our processes and operations to ensure citizen satisfaction and organizational sustainability.



—To foster a culture of openness and transparency in all our operations by actively embracing and enacting the principles of open government.



—To develop the leadership and strategic capacity of our organization by empowering our teams to engage in identifying opportunities and implementing solutions to meet the business goals of the organization.



—To measure progress made towards our goals and the quality of our service delivery by developing and executing business plans and implementing benchmarking programs.



The changes take effect April 13.

