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The City Manager's Office provides overall direction and coordination of City operations to ensure that the City Council's adopted service goals are met or exceeded, and that costs do not exceed budget restrictions. This office continually evaluates the City's organizational structure as it relates to requirements for effective, efficient and economical public service. The City Clerk, Human Resources and Risk Management divisions are part of the office, which also includes contracted services for economic development and oversight of local public access television. The City Manager's Office works closely with the City Council by developing, advising and making recommendations to the Council on policies, programs and various business matters, and implementing the Council's decisions.
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RICK HAYDON
City Manager
City Phone: (805) 925-0951 x200
City Fax: (805) 349-0657
E-mail
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EDUCATION & EMPLOYMENT:
- B.S. California State University, Fresno
- M.A. Golden Gate University, San Francisco
- City Manager, City of Santa Maria
- Assistant City Manager, City of Santa Maria
- Assistant to the City Manager, City of Santa Maria
- Budget and Employee Relations Manager, City of Dinuba
- Financial Analyst, City of Dinuba
- Business Manager, Monterey Police Department
- Grants Administrator, Monterey-Salinas Transit
- Special Projects Manager, Monterey-Salinas Transit
- Management Analyst, City of Fresno
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:
- Santa Maria Noontime Rotary, Program Chair
- Board of Directors, Central Coast Chapter, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- International City/County Management Association
- California Public Employers Labor Relations Association
- Municipal Management Association of Southern California
- League of California Cities
PERSONAL:
- Marital status: Married
- Children: Three
DESCRIPTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES:
The City Manager manages the day-to-day operations of the City. Acts as an advisor to the City Council on fiscal and City matters. The City Council sets policy, while the City Manager implements that policy. The Manager works as a facilitator, coordinator and catalyst, developing good working relationships and counting on and seeking out the support of the experts - City department heads, City staff and the community.
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Mission Statement
To provide accurate and timely information and recommendations to the City Council in order to make informed decisions, implement policies and programs approved by Council, and manage the day-to-day operations of City services.
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2011-12 Goals/Objectives
- Assist the City Council in identifying fiscally sound financial strategies in an effort to put forward a “structurally balanced” General Fund budget.
- Successfully facilitate the process of placing a revenue enhancement ballot measure before the electorate, in an attempt to secure additional revenues for the General Fund to be used for financing operational expenses.
- Work with employee bargaining groups to garner concessions in an effort to reduce operational costs as part of the multi-faceted approach to balancing the General Fund budget.
- Continue economic development efforts, by working with the Chamber of Commerce to attract more mid-size light manufacturing, research and other clean businesses to Santa Maria, as well as help retain and expand existing local businesses.
- Work toward integrating risk management and human resource-related activities in an effort to address operational efficiencies and provide better service to operating departments.
- Continue to provide greater transparency by enhancing the City Clerk/Records Division’s webpage to provide the public with greater ease in accessing records and general information.
- Systematically update a number of existing City Administrative Memos (CAMs) in an effort to address changes in the work environment and to streamline operations.
- Provide focused in-house training for supervisors relative to the performance appraisal system, as requested by operating department, and continue the City-wide customer service training series.
- Work in conjunction with the Department of Recreation and Parks to finalize the procedures on the scheduling and use of the Redevelopment Agency and Civic Center’s common use areas.
- Expand available public-education-government (PEG) television resources to local non-profits by recruiting volunteer television-production crews to assist non-profits in the taping of their program activities.
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