Job by job, Peachtree City’s division and department directors explained the general duties of each city employee at a special called workshop meeting of the Peachtree City Council Tuesday night.

Councilwoman Judi-ann Rutherford said she felt the review was important so council could be aware of what city employees do, particularly as the city looks to possible changes in the future. Although the city is nearing residential build-out, it will still have to handle redevelopment plans and that’s just part of the coming changes the city will face, Rutherford said.

The review was not to determine who does which job nor evaluate any personnel, Rutherford indicated.

In many cases, city personnel are cross-trained to handle other positions so they can fill in for employees on vacation or as other needs arise, officials said.

Mayor Harold Logsdon said he was concerned about not having anyone trained to take over for City Planner David Rast should he be out of work for any length of time. The city has a part-time planning assistant position that is open after the previous employee resigned, and Logsdon said the city needs to look at making that position full-time.

Fire Chief Stony Lohr pointed out that he needs 18 part-time employees to help fill in for vacancies in the fire department. Police Chief James Murray noted that he can’t use part-time employees to fill vacancies, and he noted that four of his employees have been out on medical leave for an extended period of time although one of them has returned on “light duty.”

“We don’t use part-time officers because it’s very dangerous to use them,” Murray said.

Murray also said the department hasn’t received any applications for several new police officer positions, but the department will be conducting a recruitment drive for graduates from colleges in Gwinnett County.

Logsdon said he felt the exercise was a good one for council, with the idea on keeping tabs on the city’s needs for the next five years and beyond

Rutherford agreed.

‘The whole purpose of this exercise is for use to understand about what each person does, what is the job, what do they do, and if this changes, how does it affect that,” Rutherford said. “... It’s not just for this budget, it’s for two, three, four budgets down the road.”