There will be fewer officials: the mayor’s office will reduce the staff by 15%

The head of Nizhny Novgorod Yuri Shalabayev decided to reduce the number of departments in the administration. The proposal is planned to be submitted to the deputies of the city Duma at the October meeting. At the same time, the mayor announced the planned reduction of the city hall by 10-15%.

According to Shalabayev, the change in the structure and staffing is associated with the optimization of city budget expenditures, which will increase the efficiency of the management system in the current conditions. The administration has developed a program of cost optimization and prepared proposals for productivity growth in all areas and in all structural units. The package of measures will allow to carry out reductions, including the size of the apparatus, without prejudice to the result.

In addition, a number of departments plan to merge. In particular, the city Duma deputies will be offered to unite the departments of entrepreneurship development, tourism development and external relations - the new structure will be headed by Alexander Simagin. It is also planned to unite the departments of digital transformation and information technologies, the acting head of which will be Andrei Stolyarov. The names of the new units will be announced later.

“As I have already stressed, no change should affect the quality and volume of work performed by the city administration departments,” the head of the city said.