City of Surrey 2020-2024 Financial Plan

DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW CITY MANAGER

MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the City Manager’s Office is to oversee and coordinate the work of the City’s administration to deliver City Council’s short and long-term objectives for the City.

KEY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES

The City Manager’s Office:

• Ensures that Council resolutions are addressed in a timely and fulsome manner;

• Ensures effective financial management through the monitoring of the annual budget and the Five-Year Financial Plan and by reviewing the City’s financial performance throughout the year; • Ensures that Council’s priorities and high quality sustainable City services are delivered on a consistent basis to the City’s residents and businesses; • Provides advice and recommendations to City Council related to policies and emerging issues;

• Assists in guiding the work in each of the City’s departments;

• Ensures a coordinated and balanced implementation of Council policy and programs;

• Ensures consistency and high standards of corporate reporting, including regular reports to Council as well as periodic reports on organizational performance; and • Through the Strategic Initiatives & Corporate Reporting function provides coordination of key initiatives that span across multiple departments, including the “Surrey Excels” strategic framework.

The City Manager’s Office worked closely with every department across the organization to deliver key accomplishments in 2019, including selected initiatives where the City Manager’s Office played a key role or coordinating role:

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