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Subject: 11 eliminated positions
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:47:11 -0700
From: Josh Dressel
To: Peter Goldmark
This is posted on the DNR's website (here)...
When Commissioner Goldmark took office, he restructured Executive Management by replacing four supervisors with one department supervisor and three deputy supervisors, and eliminating 11 funded exempt positions. The restructuring, coupled with reduced salaries for DNR’s leadership team, will save the Department over $600,000 in the next biennium.However, the reality of what the DNR is doing can be found in the image below, taken from the employment section of the DNR website (here). Note the number of Exempt Management Positions being recruited is 5, WMS managers is 5, and finally the Executive Policy Advisor. This is all 11 of the positions Commissioner Goldmark took credit for eliminating.
Please clarify this discrepancy. I can understand cleaning house but it can't be claimed as a $600,000 savings if you're filling them.
Josh Dressel
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