These activities include:
- Managing contracts and consultants providing services to the City;
- Serve as legislative advisor to the City Council;
- Review proposed operating budgets and recommend a proposed City budget to the City Council for approval;
- Attend and participate in Council meetings and numerous other committee or board meetings and public hearings, advising and providing necessary information;
- Coordinate preparation of agendas and agenda packets;
- Review and prepare written reports and recommendations for City Council and various boards and committees;
- Meet and confer with various citizen groups or individual citizens as well as with City employees;
- Develop productivity improvement and cost savings programs;
- Review and interpret City policies, procedures and codes and recommend improvements and adjustments to the City Council;
- Performs liaison activities to other local, State and Federal agencies and organizations;
- Receives and answers or responds to complaints or inquiries from community and outside organizations;
- Performs a variety of related activities, such as field inspections and review of ongoing City development projects;
- Maintains official ordinance and minute books;
- Serves as custodian of the City Seal and City records.
Contact Information
Gerald Urban, City Administrator
651.204.6010
gerald.urban@cityvadnaisheights.com
Kathy Keefe, Assistant City Administrator
651.204.6013
kathy.keefe@cityvadnaisheights.com
Joan Lenzmeier, Assistant to the City Administrator
651.204.6011
joan.lenzmeier@cityvadnaisheights.com