Metro’s new general manager has reorganized the top ranks of the agency just over a year into the job and has chosen an insider as one of his top two lieutenants. General Manager Richard Sarles had pledged to reform the agency and find the “best and the brightest” to help him rebuild it. To do so, he has been on a hiring spree, undoing the effect of past layoffs by seeking to increase the agency’s head count to more than 11,000 and offering bonuses as large as $20,000 to top administrative workers.

His latest change, announced in a memo obtained by The Washington Examiner, includes the creation of six deputy chief positions. He has reorganized which divisions report to whom, as well, such as putting the MetroAccess program under the chief financial officer as the agency looks to seek a new contract for the paratransit service.