CitiStat will be in a position to triple its staff under a City Council bill that avoided a mayoral veto by agreeing to place its data-crunching employees under the umbrella of City Administrator Faith Leach.
Councilman Mark Conway, former acting director at CitiStat, last night announced four changes to Bill 23-0372 following a compromise struck with the staff of Mayor Brandon Scott.
The primary change, which the Council quickly ratified, strips Citistat of its proposed status as an independent city office. Instead, it will remain a “program” within the confines of the Mayor’s Office of Performance and Innovation and ultimately responsible to the city administrator.
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