HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-02-26 18-00_11-14_4_20pm_4_30pm_ City ManagerCITY MANAGER
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The purpose of the staff of the City Manager’s Office is to provide overall leadership, direction,
coordination, and support of the activities for the City’s workforce. The City Manager’s Office also
ensures that quality, effective, and efficient services are provided within the law, the policies of the
Bozeman City Commission, and the resources of the City. The City Manager provides information to
the City Commission that supports their ability to make informed policy decisions.
Divisions within the City Manager’s office include: Administration, City Clerk, Personnel, and
Neighborhoods.
The purpose of the Office of Personnel is to support City functions by ensuring the capability and
stability of the workforce. The Director supports administrators and workforce members with current
lawful information that provides sound recruitment practices and protects the employment rights of the
City and the workforce member.
The duties of the City Clerk include: attending all Commission meetings, preparing minutes, keeping
official records of the City, publishing notices as needed and as required by law, acting as a staff
person for the Commission, and preparing the Commission agenda in conjunction with the City
Manager.
Neighborhood Coordinator: The Neighborhoods Program goals focus on increasing the City of
Bozeman’s ability to communicate with residents regarding issues and concerns directly affecting their
neighborhoods; increasing neighborhood’s ability to communicate with the City and improving
neighborhood’s access to City procedures.
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MAJOR OBJECTIVES
In support of the seven “Overarching Goals” of the City, the staff of the City Manager’s office will:
Communicate Bozeman City government activities to the public by:
• Increasing the amount of current information available on the Internet;
• Maintain an effective Neighborhood Program;
• Televised City Commission meetings
Maintain a current knowledge of regulations pertaining to employment and their effect on that
resource by:
• The Director of Human Resources, the City Attorney and the City Manager attending relevant
professional conferences;
• Subscribing to and reading relevant professional journals;
• Conducting monthly in-house training for supervisors;
• Conducting in-house training for staff covering “work place violence,” and “sexual harassment
in the work place”, and other relevant topics
Provide opportunities to organization members for continual professional improvement by:
• Attending relevant professional conferences;
• Bringing the best presenters and educators to Bozeman for the benefit of the full organization;
• Encouraging continuing education at Montana State University;
• Acknowledge our limited resources in our growth situation and constantly develop, implement,
and review plans to address needs through efficiency in assignments, cross training and other
means to maximize available resources
Provide opportunities and training for senior level staff to ensure seamless governmental operations in
the absence of any department head by:
• Anticipating future service demands and resource deficiencies and be proactive in addressing
them;
• Provide technical and coordination assistance in all spatially oriented projects within the city
The outcomes of our investment will be:
• A well led, coordinated trained workforce;
• Secure, consistent governmental operations;
• Lawful, equitable, and effective allocation of City resources;
• An informed and involved City Commission;
• An informed and involved community;
• Open, transparent government
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FY07 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Human Resources: Salary Study, Pay for Performance Study, Leadership Training with Mark
Willmarth
City Clerk: Moved Clerk’s budget and oversight to City Manager, implemented SoniClear software
for electronic minutes recording, Laserfiche upgrades for records retention and City
Commission packet assembly, web access and records storage improvements
Neighborhoods Program: City Smart Bozemanite Series, assistance for Study Commission on
Citizen Panels, held Advisory Board Recognition Event
FY08 BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS
Administration: National Citizens Survey = $ 12,000, Fort Collins trip = $7,500
Neighborhood Coordinator: One Intern position for two semesters, expansion of City Smart
Bozemanite Series
Human Resources: Budget decrease, Leadership Training
City Clerk: Codification of Bozeman Municipal Code = $14,000, Expand Laserfiche Server to
house digital audio files for web access = $8,000,
FY08 ANTICIPATED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
New Initiatives
Medium
• Establish an economic development strategy, beginning with the development of an Industrial
Park on the Mandeville Farm site (cooperation between City, MSU and Chamber) (fall 2007)
• Develop public information strategy (public information, media, Bresnan) (winter 2008)
Ongoing Priorities – Required Actions
Medium
• Complete the redevelopment of Story Mansion (summer 2007)
• Expand our working relationship with MSU focused on: (ongoing)
• Planning campus expansion with community interface
• Street design – S-19th, 11th, 8th, etc.
• Student impact on neighborhoods
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