Council subcommittee to rewrite public safety director job
With Susan Duenas planning to retire, the city is reshaping the role to include code enforcement before hiring a replacement.
Changes to the Public Safety Department at Malibu City Hall will go before a city council subcommittee tomorrow morning.
Longtime public safety director Susan Duenas has announced informally that she plans to retire. But first, she and new city manager Joe Irvin plan to ask for some changes in the department.
As we reported last week, enforcement of the city's zoning codes is being moved from the planning and zoning people over into the public safety department.
Tomorrow at 10 a.m., the council's Administration and Finance Subcommittee will rewrite the Public Safety Director job specifications for the new hire.
City manager Joe Irvin tells KBUU that the changes do not alter the fundamental purpose of the position. Rather, they clarify and formalize the additional duties and leadership expectations associated with the department's reorganization.
The two subcommittee members will also review the latest five-year financial forecast for the city. There is also talk of revising the city's fee schedule. And the city manager is also looking for the elected officials to provide direction on priorities for the city's construction program.
One other hot potato — the subcommittee will talk about raising the fines for illegal parking.
The meeting is at 10 a.m. tomorrow at City Hall. As far as we know, it will not be streamed — as the city council is going to consider buying a quarter million dollars worth of streaming equipment for the city hall's two meeting rooms next week.
And this correction: on some of our early morning broadcasts, we said this meeting will be today. It is tomorrow. That's what we get for reading a daybook at 3:30 in the morning.