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City Announces Transitions in Management

GREENSBORO, NC – (April 1, 2011) – Greensboro City Manager Rashad Young announced today that Deputy City Manager Robert Morgan will retire effective November 1, 2011. In addition, the City’s former Environmental Services Department will merge with the Field Operations Department.

Morgan has worked for the City since 2002 and has more than 37 years of experience working in local government. He joined the City as an assistant city manager before being promoted to deputy city manager in 2008. He also served as interim city manager from March to October, 2009. “It has truly been an honor to serve alongside City workers and to serve the residents of Greensboro over the past eight years,” says Morgan. “The City of Greensboro is full of hard-working professionals who care a great deal about this community. I will always admire their work as they continue to improve the quality of life for residents.”
 
According to Young, Morgan’s position will be eliminated; a formal transition process will begin in August to reassign the departments currently reporting to Morgan. Responsibility for those departments -- the Internal Audit Division, Coliseum Complex, Budget and Evaluation, Transportation, Financial and Administrative Services, Engineering and Inspections, Water Resources, and Field Operations -- will be assumed by Young and the other assistant city managers.

Morgan will begin to transition out of his current role in time to ensure an orderly succession of his duties and responsibilities while also focusing on major items for the City, including the future of solid waste management and finalizing the dissolution of the joint water and sewer trust fund, as well as other county agreements.

“Bob’s knowledge, experience and understanding of many functions of City government will truly be missed,” says Young. “I believe the decision to move forward without filling this senior level position is the best direction to take in light of the current economic situation and our efforts to reduce $18 million in cost in our 2011-12 fiscal budget. I have the full confidence in the City’s executive leadership to assume these duties and continue our service to the community.”

Meanwhile, the services offered through the City’s Environmental Services Department will now be under the direction of Director of Field Operations Dale Wyrick. Wyrick has been with the City since 1994 and has headed field operations since 2006. “The move to collapse environmental services under Dale’s direction and eliminate a vacant department director position is a natural one that creates a more efficient service for the City,” says Young. “Dale is highly capable of taking on these additional responsibilities. This move will better streamline our environmental services and field operations efforts and be more cost effective for City residents over the long-term.”

Wyrick will manage the City’s solid waste transfer station and operations at the White Street Landfill, which currently consists of construction and demolition and yard waste disposal functions, along with minimal solid waste disposal. Future use of the White Street Landfill is currently under consideration by the Greensboro City Council.

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