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To better grapple with city staff vacancies and an imminent retirement, some changes have been made in Menlo Park’s Community Services department.
Cherise Brandell, the city of Menlo Park’s community services director, has taken on a temporary position as “organizational development manager,” a role she plans to play until her retirement in June.
The position was developed in response to the city’s “high vacancy rate, and input from staff who are feeling disconnected from one another and the overall city goals,” Ms. Brandell said.
“I think we have 35 vacant positions right now,” she said.
She will run the city’s employment survey and develop an organizational strategic plan. The last was completed in 2008, she said.
During her eight-year tenure as community services director, Ms. Brandell said, the number of participants in the city’s recreational, educational and cultural programs almost doubled.
Cost-recovery rates have increased by adding popular programs and more effectively using facilities, she said.
Set to transition to the role of community services director, she said, is Derek Schweigart, the former assistant director and now interim community services director.
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