City Manager

The City Manager is appointed by the City Council and reports directly to the City Council. As the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Indio and Executive Director of the Redevelopment Agency, Public Financing Authority and the Indio Water Authority, he provides policy-based programs and financial decision making advice and support to the Council as well as implements Council goals and objectives. His primary responsibility is to oversee the day to day operations of the City by working closely with the City’s Executive Team in formulating strategic plans and programs on community, public safety, and economic development; developing management and personnel policies and procedures; establishing performance standards and measuring performance; evaluating employee effectiveness; negotiating labor contracts; conducting organization and financial analyses and audits; monitoring revenues and expenditures; and ensuring the City has sound management, fiscal, personnel and information systems.

City administration is organized into the following functional areas City Manager; City Clerk; Human Resources; Senior Center and Special Events. Among the support services this department provides are risk management, public information/public relations, preparation of City Council agendas and minutes, records management, recruitment, testing and placement, classification and compensation, senior services and special events.