City Manager/City Clerk

Mission Statement

The overall mission of the City Managers Department is to continue to implement the Council's goals, to manage balanced growth in the City, to enhance the services provided to the public and to foster a knowledgeable and involved community.

Departments Function

The City Managers Department oversees all functions of the City such as Community Development, Administration, Public Safety and all other Funds. To accomplish these functions the City Manager with the assistance of City department heads and ad hoc committees develop implementation plans for achieving these goals and the related objects. Periodic status reports of accomplishments are prepared and presented to Council as several objectives related to each goal are completed.

City Manager

The City Manager serves as the professional administrator of the City. In this capacity, the City Manager serves as the chief advisor to the City Council and provides leadership and direction for the entire City operation. The City Manager also organizes the implementation of the City Council's policies and appoints a professional staff to help manage the organization. The City Manager is appointed by, and serves at the pleasure of the City Council.

City Clerk

The City Clerk's office is the central source of public records for City government as well as the historian for the entire recorded history of the City. The City Clerk is elected by the voters of the community and serves a four-year term. The City of Soledad has an appointed City Clerk Noelia F. Chapa who is the City Manager. A City Clerk has not been elected to this position since November 1988 when no one ran for the position. The City Council appointed the City Manager as the City Clerk at that time. The City of Soledad also has an appointed Deputy City Clerk Lupe A. Martinez.

As the central source of public records, the City Clerk's Office is responsible for the following:

• Prepares agendas and minutes for, attends and records all City Council and Redevelopment Agency meetings.
• Publishes public notices.
• Answers citizen inquiries made by mail, telephone or in person.
• Maintains City's Municipal Code.
• Receives claims against City.
• Serves as filing officer for Fair Political Practices Commission.
• Serves as the City's liaison for all elections.
• Serves as custodian of City seal.
• Administers oaths to City Council, Planning Commissioners and sworn personnel.
• Serves as public information officer during disasters.

Council Goals

The City Manager's Department primary function is to apply the policies set by the City Council and to act upon and indoctrinate the Target Goals. With the support of the City Council, financially and administratively and through the Department Managers, great strives can be made to accomplish the Council's Target Goals.