Cross-Department Delivery Teams

The problem

The hardest city problems live between departments — and permanent committees are where urgency goes to die. Problems that need three departments get three excuses.

The plan

Cross-Department Delivery Teams (CDTs) are time-bounded strike teams: a charter, a named owner, a baseline, a budget, and exit criteria. The first three to five launch between Days 61 and 100, only after a readiness test.

When a CDT's job is done, it exits — its work handed back to departments, its lessons published. No permanent bureaucracy.

How you’ll know it’s working

• First 3–5 CDTs launched with full charters
• Each CDT has baseline, budget and exit criteria
• Completed CDTs publish handoff reports

From the Blueprint

• Phase 2 (days 60–180): launch 3–5 initial teams on zoning reform, homelessness coordination, and procurement modernization.
• Teams run on a 60–120 day mission cadence with clear deliverables, exit criteria, and biweekly CitySync briefings.
• Phase 3 standardizes a team charter template and deployment playbook; pilots transition into long-term programs.
• A standing Cross-Departmental Task Force meets monthly, chaired by the Chief of Staff, with department heads as members.
• Task Force meeting notes and action items publish publicly through CitySync within 10 business days.

In the Henderson Administration, ‘that’s another department’s problem’ is not an acceptable answer.