Gaithersburg Mayor & Council Work Session: September 14, 2026

The Gaithersburg Mayor and City Council held a work session on September 14, 2026, focused on a staffing assessment conducted by Evergreen Solutions, a public sector management consulting firm. The presentation covered the city's current staffing structure, vacancy rates, salary data, supervisory ratios, and organizational layers. Key findings included a lean workforce with a low vacancy rate, a higher-than-typical number of reporting layers, and many job classifications with few incumbents, which could pose succession risks. The consultants emphasized the importance of aligning staffing resources with service demands and city priorities, and discussed next steps involving data collection on key performance indicators and benchmarking against peer municipalities. Council members expressed interest in the study's outcomes to inform future budget and staffing decisions, highlighting concerns about capacity, skill sets, and proactive planning. Public input was noted as outside the current scope but acknowledged through existing community engagement mechanisms. No specific contract awards or procurement actions were discussed during this session.