Dickinson't Looking Into Need for City Planner -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Link here.

Two concerns: pay and time to train employee.

The city did not budget for this position and is not sure how the position would be paid for without a grant.

And with regard to training:

Jackson also had concerns about supervision of the new employee. Jackson reminded the commission Courton is busy with planning and zoning and wondered how much time would be taken out of his time to help the new employee.

Dickinson't could always do what other boom towns have done: let a major developer from out of town, such as Denver, take over city planning.