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DCP budgeted positions and desired additional headcount
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Council Member Salamanca inquires about DCP's current budgeted positions and any desired additional headcount. Director Garodnick provides information on recent budget allocations and staffing priorities.
- DCP currently has 353 budgeted positions, six fewer than in January 2020
- The department has received about $3 million in new needs funding for various positions
- Priority areas for new staff include environmental review, neighborhood planning, and zoning for families
- Additional environmental review staff is seen as crucial for reducing application backlogs
Rafael Salamanca
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Okay.
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DCP currently has 353 budgeted positions, six fewer than it had in January of twenty twenty.
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Are there any titles for which DCP would like to see additional headcount added to the budget?
Dan Garodnick
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Well, we're very happy that as part of our current budget that we have, through new needs, about $3,000,000 that will go for various positions, environmental review staff, will support our neighborhood plans, zoning for families, that we think will help us to accomplish the goals that we have set out.
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We think that's the most important part for us.
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Environmental review staff, finding ways to process applications more quickly through that very complicated part of the process is something that will allow us to continue to reduce backlog.