GovPilot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

As a City Manager - a leader in local government, you need to not only help define government-wide objectives and budgets, but also need to leverage data for making informed decisions about benchmarks against progress and how to set new priorities.

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GovPilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Known as the backbone of municipal administration , City Managers are responsible for ensuring that the daily operations of their local government run smoothly and efficiently.

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Barrett & Greene

MARCH 14, 2023

by Hala Altamimi Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs and Administration, University of Kansas In the public administration literature, it is generally expected that city managers are likely to support practices that improve government performance. There’s little question that’s true for a variety of reasons.

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Masters in Public Administration

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

A city manager is often charged with managing the city’s budget, various offices, and a ton of other responsibilities. This can include but is not limited to a master’s degree in a relevant area, on the job experience working for a city, and supervisory skills. Best West City Manager Blogs.

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GCN

MARCH 21, 2023

Al Braithwaite, the former city manager of Oldsmar, Florida, said the 2021 episode was not caused by outside hackers but was instead a “non-event” sparked by user error.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It’s a New School Year in America’s Cities: Back-to-school season is always an exciting time, including for city leaders and community members who are supporting all the learning, progress, and opportunities that students will experience in the new academic year.

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zencity

JANUARY 18, 2022

From my perspective, the past few years have given rise to a perfect storm – where COVID-19 is one of the biggest contributing stressors – and a storm that is unavoidable for our residents, our employees, and ourselves as city managers. In a perfect storm, a series of stressors come together to create an all-powerful force.

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Disaster Zone blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

City manager asks for emergency declaration.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The weight of these difficult local government budget decisions does not have to fall on the council, city management and budget offices alone. What do you do when a tight budget forces projects and service cuts that many community members love?

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JULY 16, 2024

Cities in the network have committed to implementing new policies, programs and practices that increase economic opportunity for residents through small business ownership and entrepreneurship. In November 2023, City Manager Mike Miller of Muskogee, OK, committed to the implementation of an […] Source

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

These solutions help cities manage traffic infrastructure in real time, alert traffic engineers and emergency-response teams when problems are detected, and automatically change traffic signals to get emergency personnel to accident scenes faster.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

MARCH 24, 2016

To learn more, we are joined by Betsy Fretwell ( @ BetsyFretwell ), the City Manager of Las Vegas. She has been in that role since 2009, overseeing a city workforce of nearly 3,000 and a budget of $1.2 The results have been dramatic. billion per year.

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GCN

AUGUST 18, 2022

Brandon Branham, assistant city manager and chief technology officer of Peachtree Corners, said 5G opens the door for low-latency use cases.

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GovPilot

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

City administrators play a significant role in strategizing and allocating budgets across local government departments.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

APRIL 14, 2023

Yep, in the blink of an eye, my $80,000 award for the city’s police department to help reduce our growing number of DUI-related accidents and injuries dropped to $0. And I had to report that to the city manager and police chief. Thankfully, my city manager understood that no one is perfect, and mistakes happen.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

By Shelley Dickstein, City Manager for Dayton, Ohio When city leaders learned Dayton would receive around $138 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, I was both thrilled and scared—thrilled that our community and city government would benefit from a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but scared that deadlines and competing priorities might (..)

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American City & Country

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

But Earp, city manager for Hutto, Texas, and a recipient of this year’s American City & County Exemplary Public Service award , believes the winding road to his current role is evidence that he’s where he’s supposed to be. Earp attends a Block Party Bash in Hutto, where he’s served as city manager since 2022.

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The Market Urbanism Report

JULY 10, 2022

DAOs that operate on smart contracts can make city management more transparent.

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The Market Urbanism Report

JULY 10, 2022

DAOs that operate on smart contracts can make city management more transparent.

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Localgov

JUNE 23, 2021

Local-government leaders, from city managers to clerks to finance directors, are interested in how to manage and monetize short-term rentals in their community. Take this quick quiz. Take this quick quiz about vacation rental platforms, tax compliance, and how it impacts communities.

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DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

MAY 12, 2023

Some metropolitan cities have grant professionals embedded in multiple departments – police, fire, parks and recreation, and transportation. Sometimes we are found in administration or some other catchall department.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

OCTOBER 18, 2023

By Scott Timmer, City Manager, Fairfield, Ohio The City of Fairfield, OH, (pop.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

AUGUST 23, 2023

Wastewater monitoring can help cities manage wastewater effectively and also creates a safer, healthier, and more […] Source When we turn on the tap or flush the toilet, we often don’t think about where all that water goes.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Geospatial: Amazonia-1 satellite imagery managed by AMS Kepler. Homeland Security and Infrastructure US Cities managed by Hobu, Inc. ArcticDEM and Reference Elevation Model of Antarctica (REMA) managed by Polar Geospatial Center.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

JUNE 2, 2016

"Priority-based budgeting will allow city officials to regain control of the budget." - City Manager Sam Anselm The City of Joplin, Missouri is in their first year of the priority based budgeting process. Congratulations to the City of Joplin for their leadership in civic engagement through priority based budgeting.

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AccessE11

MARCH 14, 2024

By automating the collection and processing of data, these innovative tools significantly reduce the likelihood of human error and the labor-intensive aspects of data management. The real-time nature of digital reporting means that city managers and officials have immediate access to up-to-date information.

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Masters in Public Administration

AUGUST 30, 2011

Top City Government Manager Blogs. City managers are often charged with the day to day tasks of running a city and can be read more about in the below blogs. Blog from the Office of the City Manager. This city manager serves the town of Lowell, Massachusetts. Ventura City Manager.

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zencity

JANUARY 3, 2022

California City Managers Conference. But more than that, this conference is a pivotal event that brings together city managers from across the State. This year’s focus is on the city manager experience, and the design of the event allows for a lot of networking and is perfect for the exchange of ideas.

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Policy Chats

JUNE 16, 2020

In this episode, retired CEO of San Bernardino County, Greg Devereaux talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the different roles and responsibilities of counties versus cities in general, but especially amid a pandemic.

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Policy Chats

JUNE 16, 2020

In this episode, retired CEO of San Bernardino County, Greg Devereaux talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the different roles and responsibilities of counties versus cities in general, but especially amid a pandemic.

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Policy Chats

JUNE 16, 2020

In this episode, retired CEO of San Bernardino County, Greg Devereaux talks with students from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about the different roles and responsibilities of counties versus cities in general, but especially amid a pandemic.

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AccessE11

MARCH 14, 2024

By automating the collection and processing of data, these innovative tools significantly reduce the likelihood of human error and the labor-intensive aspects of data management. The real-time nature of digital reporting means that city managers and officials have immediate access to up-to-date information.

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Barrett & Greene

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Recently, in an interview that appeared on Route Fifty’s October 11 “Follow the Money” broadcast, City Manager José Madrigal, talked about the effort to fight fraud in Durango, a city of 19,000 in a rural county in the southwest part of Colorado.

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Barrett & Greene

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In addition to these recommendations, the auditor suggested updated training for staff and also developing a central 3-1-1 phone call-in system, a common communication device that San Diego does not have, in contrast to most large cities.

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PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

MAY 5, 2017

." - Jamie Rouch, Branson Finance Director As Jamie Rouch from the City of Branson, Missouri put it, the evolution of the PBB Master Plan has necessarily shifted from helping communities “implement PBB, to using PBB data to make change! ” The City of Branson was the first city in Missouri to implement Priority Based Budgeting.

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Barrett & Greene

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A couple of weeks ago, we were invited by the National Center for Public Performance to be the inaugural panelists in its series of webinars about performance management.

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AccessE11

JUNE 20, 2023

According to an article from Govtech website , the city of Evanston, Illinois has significantly improved it’s success rate since adopting citizen management software. For example, their recycling “miss rate” has dropped to 0.0001%, according to Erika Storlie, deputy city manager for Evanston.

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