Greg Thomas, planning directorCLEVELAND, Tenn. – Cleveland is overhauling its planning department, which now will include city engineer personnel, planning commissioners and officials said recently.
The new Development & Engineering Services Department brings the old Community Development Department and engineers from Public Works under one umbrella, said Director Jonathan Jobe, formerly the city’s stormwater manager.
“It should optimize us and make us a little more efficient,” he said.
Greg Thomas, former director of Cleveland Community Development, now works as the planning director for the new entity.
The new department is in the process of moving its staff between buildings to accommodate the reorganization.