(Richmond, IN)--Late last October, the city of Richmond announced that it would be eliminating 21 positions across local government.  Tuesday night, Richmond Mayor Ron Oler gave an update to Richmond Common Council.  "The city is adapting to the new normal - especially City Hall - following a reduction in a lot of staffing in a lot of areas," Oler explained.  Oler said the transition is a work in progress:  "We continue to tweak this things and we'll continue to see changes.  We'll adapt and make it as efficient and effective as possible and be flexible.  That's our new model...flexibility."  Shortly before the jobs announcement was made last fall, the city also enacted a hiring freeze.