City Commissioner Erik Sten’s last day is April 4. What happens to his bureaus when he leaves city hall? (And more importantly, what’s the plan for the going away party?)

Mayor Tom Potter’s main power—the thing that sets him apart from the four commissioners—is the ability to reassign bureaus. And he’s reassigning Sten’s bureaus to himself, temporarily.

Sten’s staff will even stick around in Sten’s old office, working on their projects. (With their temporary boss, Potter, stationed one floor up, I bet that’s going to be a fun place to work!)

When the new commissioner comes in—either after the May primary, or the July runoff election—that person will get Sten’s old bureaus, but not his staff, according to the mayor’s spokesperson, John Doussard.