City Hall looks familiar
Regarding “Condon reorganizes city government” (Jan. 16): Reorganization at City Hall is not new. The street department and engineering services will be moving under the umbrella of public works.
Now, my memory isn’t what it used to be, but I believe that is how the organization chart looked 30 years ago. It seemed to work pretty well back then, but someone always thinks they have a better way.
Those weekly staff meetings, bringing all of the utility departments, including engineering and streets together, solved lots of problems. Being able to coordinate on projects was invaluable. Someone apparently thought reorganizing public works four years ago would give the city something better than what we had for 30 years, and yet here we are again.
Bill Genoway
Liberty Lake