HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Board members for the Port Authority of Guam approved a resolution to restructure the current 17-year-old organizational chart.
On Thursday, the Port Authority of Guam board of directors unanimously approved the realignment of the organizational structure of the agency through Resolution No. 2023-15.
According to a release issued by the Port, the current structure was established in 2006 but with its limitations, a realignment was needed to “better enhance and promote teamwork between divisions, increase resource visibility, and manifest an improved sense of self-governance by its employees.”
With the passing of the resolution, changes include merging operations and equipment maintenance into one division, establishing facility maintenance as its own division, merging the capital improvement project and engineering divisions and separating occupational safety and environmental compliance into two separate divisions.
The release from the Port said there will be no adverse effect on any employees and the action will save nearly $750,000 in costs.
The resolution said further that the realignment was needed since, in 2021, the Port saw two senior managers retire and there was no succession plan.
“During the past two years, we have seen the division heads, superintendents and leaders, when asked, accept positions in an acting capacity. In most cases, willingly absorb additional duties and responsibilities without compensation and prove to go above and beyond to ensure the Port’s mission is fulfilled and the supply chain to the island is not disrupted,” the board said in the resolution.
The Port concluded the release by saying several classified positions would need to be amended to “streamline the roles and responsibilities, optimize organizational effectiveness and reflect the duties and responsibilities expected of positions and amendments would need to comply with the transparency and disclosure process.”
The Port Authority of Guam office building is seen Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023, in Piti.
