FY27 Proposed Budget

City Manager

The City Manager’s Office strives to ensure City services are provided in an efficient, responsible manner. Through effectively managing the City’s operating departments, the City Manager seeks to implement policies that are consistent with the preferences of Iowa City’s residents, as reflected in the direction provided by the City Council. Further, the City Manager provides Council with the information needed to make informed policy decisions. Economic Development is a function of the City Manager’s Office , which includes supporting commercial and industrial development projects, administering tax incentive programs, providing outreach and assistance to local businesses and entrepreneurs, and managing the City’s Public Art Program . Staff work closely with Greater Iowa City, Inc., Think Iowa City, the C ity’s two Self -Supporting Municipal Improvement Districts, the University of Iowa, and others in promoting the City as a great place to live, play, work, and do business. • The City Manager is the chief administrative officer for the City and is appointed by the City Council, managing the City’s day -to-day operations under broad policy direction from Council. The City Manager supervises the activities of all City departments and advises the City Council on matters relating to planning, development, and municipal operations. The City Manager implements policy decisions of the City Council and enforces City ordinances through the management of the City’s operating departments and administration of the City’s personnel system. The City Manager prepares a proposed annual budget along with policy and program recommendations and submits it to the City Council for consideration and approval. • As part of the City Manager’s Office, Economic Development activities include supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs, assisting real estate development projects and managing incentive requests, and coordinating public art projects and programs. General Fund Activities: Boards and Commissions: The Council Economic Development Committee considers Economic Development policies and incentives and makes related recommendations to the full City Council. The Public Art Advisory Committee guides the Public Art Program by overseeing the commissioning, maintenance, and disposition of the City’s public art inventory; expenditures of the Public Art Program budget; and the policies and procedures of public art programs.

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