Little Info:

 

Duritsch, David J.

Eng. & Environmental Svc. Dir.

Middletown City

$92,898.00

 

Smith, Ginger L.

Public Works Director

Middletown City

$73,861.80

 

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HOUSING AND REVITALIZATION DIRECTOR

JOB DESCRIPTION

Classification Responsibilities: The Housing And Revitalization Director is responsible for the general operations of the Housing and Revitalization Division of the Neighborhood Services Department. This position performs supervisory and administrative duties necessary to successfully implement and ensure compliance for the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), and Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Programs, the Office of Human Services Programs, the City’s comprehensive housing assistance program, including the management of a 101-unit affordable housing complex, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher rental assistance programs, the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, Home Ownership Under Section Eight (HOUSE) Program, other tenant-based rental assistance programs, and owner-occupied and rental property rehabilitation programs. Responsibilities include developing and implementing policies and procedures relative to programs that serve low- and moderate-income households, special needs populations, people in poverty, and that improve qualified lower income neighborhoods through revitalization activities. Additional responsibilities include developing and implementing creative approaches to meet housing needs; financial management; interacting with regional Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) officials to obtain additional program funding; and ensuring compliance with all HUD regulations, guidelines, and procedures. The Housing And Revitalization Director is also responsible for advising City management, City Council, the Housing Advisory Board, the Human Services Advisory Board, the Resident Advisory Board, the Housing Services Governing Board and/or other ad hoc citizen committees on the federal and Human Services programs and development of housing and neighborhood revitalization programs and policies; representing the City in the planning and implementation of local and regional policies and programs; acting on behalf of the City as a participating member of the Maricopa HOME Consortium; implementing Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization community forums, and acting as a liaison for the City to nonprofit service providers, housing developers, other housing agency directors, community leaders, and the general public. This class performs related duties as required.

 

"magical talk coming from one of the best verbal magicians of all time"

I thought CDBG and all these other grants and programs were under Mr. Kohler's office. The last time I talked with the City I was told they needed a grant writer. Did the City hire a grant writer to research and write grants for all of these programs also?

 

I am surprised that no one has asked why/how a Public Works Director making $71k all of a sudden gets moved to another Dept. head position and someone making $93K take her place......hmmmmm.  Is Duritsch doing double duty with his old title or what?

 

I mean right-sizing initiatives. Middletown ought to cut across the board by 10%. That would show me they are serious about keeping the city solvent.

 

Otherwise it could get financially painful around here.

 

They can technically say that no one has gotten a "raise" in a long while, but I'll bet that most have been re-classified, or otherwise received an increase by moving to another pay grade. 

 

Bottom line??  Perhaps no one has technically gotten a "raise", but is there ANYONE left who is making the exact same hourly (or weekly, or bi-weekly, or monthly, or whatever) rate as they were making at the time of their last "raise"???

You are exactly right!!