City Administrator

The City of Coeur d'Alene is seeking a highly skilled and motivated City Administrator to lead our team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced professional to provide strategic direction, oversee municipal operations, and work collaboratively with elected officials, staff, and the community.

The primary function of an employee in this class is to provide leadership, policy guidance to department heads and carry out the vision, strategic plan and goals of the Mayor and City Council
. The City Administrator assists elected officials in establishing policy and long-term goals; ensures the financial security of tax dollars and monitors the overall fiscal activity of the city; directs operations through department heads; serves as ex-officio member of city boards and commissions; motivates and leads a management team and encourages a team structure within departments; builds strong community relationships and develops relationships with state and federal officials;

supervises collective bargaining activities; and ensures the city's work environment is responsive, respectful, value-based, and innovative; and ensures employees are held accountable for quality services. The City Administrator serves at the pleasure of the Mayor and City Council. Work is performed independently with extensive latitude to exercise independent judgment within the framework of existing policies, laws, ordinances and department procedures.

The principal duties of the position are performed in a general office environment.

• Acts as the agent of the Mayor and the City Council;
• Develops, with the advice of the Mayor and consent of the Council, necessary administrative processes that insure the policies and ordinances of the Council are fully carried out;
• Assures that the laws of the state pertaining to the city, all provisions of city law and ordinances, and all city policies are duly enforced, and that all franchises, permits, and privileges granted by the city are faithfully observed;
• Attends all meetings of the City Council unless excused therefrom by the City Council;
• Coordinates the functions, duties, and activities of the various departments, divisions, and services of the city government and makes recommendations to the Mayor and City Council for the development of administrative procedures needed to efficiently and economically coordinate their functions and operations;
• Provides recommendations for employee placement within the city employee salary schedule to the Mayor and City Council;
• Causes to be prepared and submitted to him or her by each department, division, or service of the city government regular progress reports and other such reports that he or she may deem necessary for submission to the Mayor and City Council with his or her recommendations;
• Endeavors to adjust all complaints filed against any employee, department, division, or service thereof, and to cooperate with all community organizations whose aim and purpose is to advance the best interests of the city and its people;
• Assists the Mayor by managing the day-to-day operations and internal and external affairs of the city;
• Develops policies, procedures and processes as needed to implement the decisions of the Mayor and City Council;
• Performs and directs research on issues, policies and political developments; advises and apprises the Mayor and Council to keep them effectively informed;
• Recommends executive, administrative and legislative actions to the Mayor and Council;
• Coordinates the preparation and administration of the city's budget; in conjunction with the Finance Director/City Treasurer, submits detail of past and current revenues and expenditures, develops financial projections, and evaluates and recommends budgetary modifications; monitors overall fiscal activity of the city continuously;
• Serves as ex-officio member of city boards and commissions; proposes policy recommendations and other expert testimony to federal or state officials;
• Represents the city as directed by the Mayor and Council; participates in intergovernmental consortiums to establish mutual relationships and programs; facilitates and participates in interagency, intergovernmental and private enterprise programs and projects as needed;
• Supervises negotiations with recognized collective bargaining groups to establish contracts and performance expectations;
• Exercises general supervision over public property under the jurisdiction of the city;
• Establishes a climate of high quality public services that are responsive, respectful, value-based, and innovative;
• Meets with department heads to discuss issues and objectives, to determine strategies and approaches, and to brief on current activities and challenges;
• Facilitates and participates in interagency, intergovernmental and private enterprise programs and projects as needed;
• Provides the vision and leadership for implementation of new programs or enhancements to existing programs, and in operational analysis and recommendations for…