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Staffing resources for managing new coastal resilience projects
2:54:29
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27 sec
Council Member Lincoln Restler inquires about DEP's staffing resources to manage the new coastal resilience projects. Commissioner Rohit Aggarwala explains the challenges and strategies for staffing these projects.
- DEP is redeploying staff in some cases to manage new projects
- Coastal resilience funding must come from the tax levy budget, which is a small part of DEP's overall budget
- The department is working on reallocating resources appropriately to meet the staffing needs
Lincoln Restler
2:54:29
Okay.
2:54:29
But you've just to ask it plainly, you have the staffing resources you need to manage these new projects?
Rohit Aggarwala
2:54:36
We are we are redeploying in some cases.
2:54:39
So as I mentioned, coastal resilience has to come out of the tax levy budget.
2:54:44
Our tax levy budget is quite small within the context of DEP's overall.
2:54:49
And so we are working to figure out how we we we reallocate appropriately.