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CITY DEPArTMEnT OVErVIEW
CITY MAnAGEr'S OFFICE

City Manager’s Office

The City Manager’s Office pledges to provide our residents exceptional
municipal services by promoting a progressive, efficient, responsive, and
community-focused organization.

The Office of Communication, a division of the City Manager’s Office
is responsible for managing the City’s corporate brands, culture,
communication, and transparency strategies.

DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS

172,000 1.2M AAA

The Office of Marketing The City’s website has had The City Manager’s
and Communication gets more than 1.2 million views Office has led the City in
social with 22 social media through Q3 of FY 2021. maintaining AAA ratings
sites with about 172,000 from both Fitch Ratings and
fans and followers across Standard & Poor’s for the
all social media platforms, 93% past 14 years, resulting in
considerable cost savings
including Facebook, Twitter, through refinancing.
YouTube, and Instagram. The City’s debt as a
percentage of assessed
value has decreased more
than 93% since 2002.
12 3%

The Office of Marketing and 3.7% The City Manager’s Office
Communication has twelve includes 13.25 FTEs that
core services. The City Manager’s Office provide services including
2022 General Fund Budget city administration,
is $1,595,471 which is a customer service,
7.3% increase over the FY project management,
13 2021 adopted budget. communication, marketing,
and public relations. The
The City Manager’s Office The City Manager’s Office staff comprises 3% of the
has thirteen core services. budget is 2.5% of the total City’s workforce.
General Fund expenditures.

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