The City Manager is charged with overseeing all activities and services provided by the City of Saline.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities:

• Serves as final operating authority for budget, establishing the priorities of programs in relationship to income, authorizing expenditures, and developing funding mechanisms.

• Approves purchases in conformance with City ordinances and established purchasing procedures.

• Recommends purchases for approval by City Council.

• Develops purchasing directives for City department heads and policies for City Council approval.

• Regularly works with local partners on developing and implementing projects and ideas.

• Works with City's Business Ambassador, other staff, and local partners regarding economic development activities, including recruiting new businesses and retaining existing businesses.

• Works with developers interested in bringing residential, commercial, and industrial development to Saline.

• Negotiates labor contracts with collective bargaining groups; Oversees the administration of those contracts, including the settlement of grievances.

• Responsible for presenting a six-year Capital Improvement Program Budget to maintain and improve the community's infrastructure to Council annually.

• Determines broad policy for operating departments, recommends to Council, department heads, and all other employees.

• Monitors activities for conformance to Council mandates, departmental objectives, and community needs.

• Regularly conducts staff meetings to coordinate departmental activities, receive progress and general briefing reports, and to identify and develop solutions to problems.

• Responds to correspondence and telephone inquiries relating to City operations, policies, and postions of a variety of issues.

• Develops personnel policies for recommendation to City Council. Hires, counsels, and, when necessary, terminates City employees.

• Directs the purchase, utilization, maintenance, and control of City-owned land, buildings, and equipment.

• Proposes funding mechanisms, ordinances, and zoning regulations to the City Council in the interest of orderly community growth and development.

• Conducts annual personnel performance evaluations, and quarterly check-ins, for all department heads and City Manager’s office staff.

• Prepares, or directs the preparation of, special studies and reports as requested by the Council. Reviews and presents analyses and findings and makes recommendations on appropriate actions.

• Monitors proposed legislation at the state and federal level and recommends policy positions with respect to proposals which affect municipalities in general and the City of Saline in particular.

• Interacts extensively with federal, state, and county government representatives to coordinate programs, funding, information, and legislation related to a variety of common interests.

• Meets with citizens and community groups on a variety of topics related to municipal administration.

• Regular and routine onsite attendance.