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Accountable for departments including Planning, Economic Development, Building Safety and Inspection, development counter, and Engineering. Directs the department’s annual work plan in support of organizational goals and critical objectives. Oversees the direction of departmental goals, policies and procedures and authorizing department personnel and budget decisions. Provides professional and technical support to the City Manager, City Council and other boards and commissions. Represents the city on development matters with outside organizations. Special Project Director for development proposals including park design and construction oversight and street improvement projects.

Directed management, quality control, sanitary food handling preparation and service for the Five Guys Burger and Fries franchise stores. Prepared daily schedules and projected labor reports, provided direction and training for approximately 40 employees, tracked food inventories and interacted with food vendors, provided excellent customer service as well as oversaw the cleanliness of the facility. Performed daily bookkeeping tasks and reviews and monitored expenditures to ensure projected budgets are being met.

Responsible for department consisting of 30+ employees including Current and Long-Range Planning, Building Safety and Inspection, Development Services counter, Engineering Plan Review, and Administration. Created and administered $4.2 million budget. Directed the department’s annual work plan in support of departmental and organizational goals. Oversaw the direction of departmental divisions by providing leadership to division managers, while creating department policies and procedures and administrating department personnel and budget decisions. Provided professional support to the City Manager, City Council and other boards and commissions.

Headed up day-to-day management of Planning Services Department consisting of Current and Long-Range Planning, Development Review and Code Enforcement. Supervise, assign and coordinate department's workload, training and work plan as it relates to departmental and organizational objectives and the policies of the Planning Commission and City Council. Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.

Answerable for all city economic development projects and programs including redevelopment areas, economic development strategic and general planning and coordination including target industries, retail market analysis, business retention and expansion, CDBG, grant writing and administration. Main Street Manager.

Directed department of 27 employees including Current and Long-Range Planning, Building Safety and Inspection, Development Services counter, Economic Development, Code Enforcement and Business Licensing and administration. Handled preparation and appropriation of departmental budget as well as all hiring and personnel needs and issues. Supervised and coordinated the department’s five-year plan, capital improvements plan, and annual work plan as it related to departmental goals and organizational critical objectives.

Teaching course work that included how all aspects of master planning, community design, architecture, architecture, construction methods and materials, landscape, and transportation.

Project Manager for all types of development proposals including rezoning cases, use permit requests, variances and Development Review Board files.