Two familiar faces at City Hall are now filling new roles. Orlando Sanchez has been selected to fill a newly-created third deputy city manager position and Karen Coyne has been selected to lead the Department of Detention and Enforcement.

Sanchez, who served as the director of the Neighborhood Services Department since 2004, first joined the city of Las Vegas in 1988 in the then Department of Economic and Urban Development. As the director of the Neighborhood Services Department, Sanchez initiated many key plans and programs such as the 10-year Plan to End Homelessness; the Homeownership For Educators Program to assist teachers with housing costs; the Abandoned and Vacant Buildings Program to eliminate visible blight in neighborhoods; the EVOLVE Program to reintegrate ex-felons into productive lives; and a pilot program to help chronic inebriates.

Sanchez will oversee the following departments: Neighborhood Services, Information Technologies, Finance and Business Services and Human Resources.

Karen Coyne was named chief of the Detention and Enforcement Department at the April 19 City Council meeting. Coyne replaces Chief Michael Sheldon, who is retiring from the city at the end of the year.

As head of Detention and Enforcement, Coyne will led a department of 400 full-time employees, including deputy city marshals, corrections officers, animal control officers and the parking enforcement unit.

Coyne has worked for the Department of Detention and Enforcement since 1992 and has held the positions of deputy chief, corrections officer, deputy city marshal, internal affairs investigator and field services lieutenant.