The Mableton City Council approved an ordinance Wednesday, Sept. 30, assigning Parks and Recreation Director Travis Landrum the additional role of interim facilities and property management director.
Landrum will continue leading the city’s parks and recreation department while serving in the temporary position. The ordinance does not replace, modify or end his existing appointment.
Landrum has a long background serving in management of Parks and Recreations departments, and had previously been the director of the parks department in Powder Springs.
The interim assignment will end when a permanent facilities and property management director is appointed, or when the council terminates the designation, whichever occurs first.
During the discussion, District 3 Councilwoman Keisha Jeffcoat asked City Manager Bill Tanks why Landrum was designated interim director rather than as a manager.
Tanks said that “A director would have other managers and supervisors report to them,” and that in the next budget cycle he suspected there would be a request for a facilities manager. A manager does more direct supervision of the work, he said, while a director supervises other managers and supervisors.
“If it’s a lot of maintenance requests and it just requires managing a maintenance system and you don’t have a full facilities department where you have an electrician on staff, where you have somebody that’s going around doing repairs full time, then I won’t need a facilities department so to speak, Tanks said.
He said that moving forward a decision would be made on whether to have a full facilities department, or whether the functions could be handled by a manager.
The ordinance provided in the agenda packet cites the city charter’s authority for the council to establish, alter or consolidate city offices, employment positions and departments.
The measure took effect upon adoption, and the ordinance does not specify additional compensation or a timetable for filling the permanent position.
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