HomeMy WebLinkAbout01.31.21 Email from new PW Director Josh Pack -Introduction and Hello from Butte County Public Works
From:Pack, Joshua
To:Bennett, Robin;Connelly, Bill;Cook, Holly;Cook, Robin;Kimmelshue, Tod;Lucero, Debra;Paulsen, Shaina;
Pickett, Andy;Ritter, Tami;Rodas, Amalia;Sweeney, Kathleen;Teeter, Doug
Cc:Hatcher, Casey;Ring, Brian;Ott, Radley
Subject:Introduction and Hello from Butte County Public Works
Date:Monday, February 1, 2021 7:00:10 AM
Good morning Supervisors!
First, my apologies for not having reached out to you all until now. As you can imagine, it’s
been a bit of a whirlwind trying to get up to speed on everything here at Public Works.
Fortunately, we have a great team here that has helped assist me with the onboarding process.
As items related to Public Works arise, you are always welcome to reach out to me via email
or phone. I appreciate your patience and understanding while I work to become acclimated to
my new role.
As I start learning more about each of your districts and the specific challenges and
opportunities your respective constituencies face, I wanted to extend an opportunity to meet
and discuss your specific expectations and challenges. I understand that the duties of Board
members are broad and diverse, but the offer stands if you’re interested in chatting more about
specific Public Works programs and projects.
One early area of focus here in Public Works is to improve how we communicate both with
you and the public. In my prior role, I prepared a monthly Director’s Report that outlined
various issues that included a district-by-district rundown of important projects and programs.
This report was prepared in a manner that could easily be shared with your constituents, and I
received overwhelmingly positive feedback from my prior Board with these monthly updates.
I hope to introduce a similar report each month for your information beginning in early March
that highlights the department’s activities. I’m also working with our staff to reimagine the
way we interact with the public both through traditional and social media to share important
updates on Public Works activities. I hope to have updates on these efforts in the March
report.
Public Works has a significant role to play in Butte County. Our citizens need us to be
proactive leaders and engaging partners. To be a good leader and partner, we need to be strong
as well as respected, responsive, and reliable to our citizens. We need to evolve in our thinking
when delivering projects while the environment in which we work continues to become more
complex. Given the constraints we face, extraordinary efforts are required to succeed. We
aspire to be indispensable and strive to be viewed as their team of professionals whom others
can count on to deliver vitally needed projects and services, on time and within budget.
With this in mind, I look forward to working with you all to meet the challenges that face us
now and in the future.
Josh
Joshua Pack
Director of Public Works
7 County Center Drive Oroville, CA 95965
530-538-7171 Fax
jpack@buttecounty.net