Experience

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  City of Temple, TX

  • Assistant City Manager

    • Mar 2006 - Feb 2014

    •Provide highly responsible and complex support to the City Manager. Serves as acting City Manager in his absence.•Assist City Manager in analysis, development, implementation, and tracking of departmental and city-wide goals, objectives, priorities, and performance measures including monitoring and reporting of the Strategic Plan.•Analyze, interpret, and apply policies and procedures; confer and facilitate meetings with department heads regarding policy and procedure changes.•Coordinate and analyze daily operations and employees as assigned by the City Manager. Analyze data and reports relevant to resolving any financial, personnel, budgetary, interdepartmental or administrative problems and make recommendations.• Direct, mentor, facilitate, set goals, and supervise activities of 79 employees: Planning & Development, Airport, Human Resources, Library, Building, Permits, Code Enforcement, and Animal Control Services.•Participate in the planning, preparation, and administration of the annual operating budget and policies related thereto. •Coordinate, develop, monitor and provide direction and planning for the Capital Improvement Program in the areas of procedures, policies, budgeting/funding, project development, project management and department coordination.•Conduct, facilitate, or supervise studies, surveys, special projects and collect information on difficult operational and administrative problems. Analyze findings and prepare reports of practical solutions. •Develop and revise city ordinances. Facilitate stakeholder and staff committee meetings on policies and ordinances. •Coordinate, provide oversight, and evaluate long term planning activities such asdepartment master plans for various city departments.•Represent the City with outside agencies, task forces, the media, and the community.•Assist with emergency management activities, programs, and operations.

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  City of College Station

  • Director of Economic and Community Development

    • Feb 1999 - Mar 2006

    • Provided highly responsible and complex administrative support to the City Manager; • Managed economic development programs and policies for business development, recruitment, retention, redevelopment, and expansion of high-tech, specialized commercial, retail, entertainment, and tourism.• Oversaw Community Development Department programs, policies, goals, and operations including Community Development Consolidated Plan and Action Plan.• Managed capital improvement projects including roadways, utilities, business parks, hotel/convention center, special districts, and parking garage.• Initiated and conducted all negotiations and administers all contracts concerning incentives, development agreements, real estate, RFQs/RFPs, and other development initiatives. Coordinated with various departments.• Researched, compiled, and presented ordinances. Made sound policy and procedural recommendations. Prepared clear and concise administrative and financial reports.• Fostered relationships with, served as liaison to, and made presentations to City Council, A&M University, outside agencies, boards, media, and business community.• Directed economic development and community development staff, including hiring, training, motivating, goal setting, and evaluations.• Prepared departmental budgets and monitors expenses.• Developed and implemented long-range comprehensive economic development plans, marketing strategies, and programs to meet identified goals of the community.• Developed milestones for and implemented City Council Strategic Plan.• Proactively identified, evaluated, and made recommendations on policy issues.• Served on management, continuous improvement, and emergency operations teams.• Interpreted and communicated rules, regulations, guidelines, and goals regarding planning and development, economic development, and other city issues.

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  City of Midlothian, Texas

  • Midlothian, Texas

  • City Manager

    • Jan 1997 - Feb 1999
    • Midlothian, Texas

    • Served as chief executive officer for full service city including water, wastewater, streets, fire, police, building code, library, planning, parks, recreation, code and animal enforcement, and airport.• Developed and managed an $8 million operating budget and 90 employees.• Communicated Council philosophies and priorities to employees, citizens, and media.• Engaged in long range planning and assessment of existing or potential programs.• Developed and implemented ordinance revisions• Coordinated with and served on various boards and volunteer organizations.• Facilitated quality customer service, both internal and external to the organization.• Conducted media relations including controversial industrial hazardous waste issues.

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  City of Lampasas

  • Lampasas

  • City Manager (promoted from Assistant City Manager)

    • Apr 1992 - Oct 1996
    • Lampasas

    • Served as chief executive officer for full service city including electric, water, wastewater, streets, fire, police, building code, library, parks, recreation, golf course, airport, and economic development.• Developed and managed a $10 million operating budget and 78 full-time employees.• Initiated and implemented long range planning. Extensive planning/coordination/implementation of comprehensive street and utility master plan; coordinated development of parks master plan, and capital improvements plan.