{"id":20926,"date":"2014-01-27T08:52:34","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T13:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raleighpublicrecord.org\/?p=20926"},"modified":"2014-01-27T08:52:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T13:52:49","slug":"new-positions-added-to-stormwater-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/news\/city-council\/2014\/01\/27\/new-positions-added-to-stormwater-department\/","title":{"rendered":"New Positions Added to Stormwater Department"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raleigh\u2019s stormwater utility is so busy the department is adding four new positions to handle the workload. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, City Councilors approved staff\u2019s request to add four permanent positions and reclassify two others, which will help the department handle the backlog of small stormwater projects. <\/p>\n

The change will cost $97,000 this fiscal year and about $388,000 annually in future years. <\/p>\n

There won\u2019t be any increase in stormwater fees to fund the positions. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re getting requests for stormwater projects faster than we have the people to get them done,\u201d said Public Works Director Carl Dawson.

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Ariella Monti<\/p>

Stormwater flows from a gutter system along Hargett Street in downtown Raleigh.<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

The additional project managers will be dedicated to small stormwater projects typically found in residents\u2019 backyards, which only affect two or three homes, such as a pipe that needs to be repaired or replaced, or a stream restoration project. <\/p>\n

Dawson said this will free up other staff to work on larger capital improvement projects. <\/p>\n

One reason for the increase in volume, Dawson said, is a change in how the city charges residents for the repairs. <\/p>\n

Residents were originally charged a flat 20 percent of cost of the project. Several years ago, the Council approved changing the fee to $5,000 or 20 percent, whichever is less. <\/p>\n

The change made the projects more affordable and residents began requesting service and created a backlog. <\/p>\n

The department is also adding a permanent IT position, which is currently contracted out, and removing the financial and budgetary responsibilities from one position and creating a separate position to divide those tasks. <\/p>\n

Privately owned and maintained stormwater devices, such as those found in a residential subdivision, are required to have an annual inspection by a certified engineer, which is then submitted to the city. Dawson said that the addition of another inspector will allow the department to better audit those certifications. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To handle an increase in workload, Councilors last week approved additional positions in the stormwater utility department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24029,"featured_media":12859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,15],"tags":[257],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20926"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24029"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theraleighcommons.org\/raleighpublicrecord\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}