These reports were conducted to determine if the contract engineering function should be brought in-house and if Public Works Department organizational effectiveness could be improved.
This report is an objective review of the strengths and weaknesses of the existing City Engineering/Public Works organization and recommendations for how to improve.
John Ostrowski as Management Services Director for Entranco prepared this report in 1999. The purpose of this report was to present a rationale for a preferred consolidated organizational structure with a strategy for transition to that structure.
Prior to his retirement as Public Woks Director for the City of Vancouver, John Ostrowski prepared a reorganization report for the City Manager that recommended changing the Public Works Director position to an Assistant City Manager Position with responsibilities for public works and planning.