Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly announced the reorganization of city government on Tuesday, creating some new departments and dissolving others.
Kelly announced his reorganization of city services, which will take place after the budget is completed in August, to the Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday, describing a new layout of city departments designed to be more efficient.
“Probably a better word for this than reorganization is realignment,” Kelly said at the end of his presentation. “The whole idea here is to make city government more effective, more streamlined and just conform to common sense more.”
In his plan, which he is required to present within his first 60 days in office under the city charter, Kelly proposed a significant reorganization of city functions and a new reporting structure, which were approved by the city council late Tuesday.
“We will be a community where City Hall isn’t just a building on East 11th Street, but a network of services, places and relationships embedded in neighborhoods across Chattanooga,” Kelly said.