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GM                                                                 GARY M. MEKJIAN



                                                                                               P.E., M.S.C.E., M.P.A






                                              EXPERIENCE

      OBJECTIVE
                                              ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER • FARMINGTON HILLS • 2016 – PRESENT
                                              Lead all city operations with 450 full-time employees, 6 union bargaining units
      Professional, motivated and             and general fund budget of approximately $58 million.
      creative assistant city manager
      with over 27 years in the public        Drove an effort to evaluate the City’s Defined Contribution Pension, changing
      sector seeking to leverage my           the plan offerings, resulting  in  a better  investment lineup  while  saving the
      extensive industry experience           participants about $250,000 annually.
      and knowledge.
                                              Lead successful  2018 local road  millage campaign generating  $9.2  million
      SKILLS                                  annually for local road reconstruction.  Developed print and video marketing
                                              information as  well as over a dozen public  speaking engagements,
       COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP              communicating the opportunity to over 1000 residents.

       TEAM BUILDING
                                              Presented and explained dozens of legislative issues, policies and programs
       MARKETING STRATEGY                    to  elected and appointed boards and commissions,  state  legislative
       DEVELOPMENT                            committees and community groups.
       EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR
       SOFTWARE PROCUREMENT AND              Deployed  AVL on  public  works equipment  enabling  real-time tracking  and
       IMPLEMENTATION                         telematics of  equipment  during  all operations. The  system  will enable  the
                                              department to reduce costs,  improve service delivery and safety as well as
       PUBLIC SPEAKING                       reducing risk exposure.
       IOT/SMART CITIES
       CUSTOMER RESOURCE                     Track federal/state legislation and work with lobbyists to represent the best
       MANAGEMENT                             interests of Cities.
       BUDGETING AND FINANCE                   Manage relationships with federal and state officials, applying, securing and
       CAPITAL PLANNING                      administering of grants and permits. Procured over $10 million in federal road
       HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT             funding.
       PROJECT AND PROGRAM                     DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SERVICES • FARMINGTON HILLS • 2010 - 2016
       MANAGEMENT
                                              Department of  50 employees  including  public  works, engineering,
       STORMWATER MANAGEMENT                 construction,  water and sewer utilities,  facilities maintenance,  and fleet
       INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN AND             management.
       CONSTRUCTION
                                              Lead a collaborative effort among key departmental staff to achieve national
                                              accreditation from  the American Public  Works Association.  Required the
                                              review and development of over 1000 policies and procedures, fundamentally
                                              changing and improving how our Public Services Department operates.






               GARY.MEKJIAN@GMAIL.COM                        248.924.5418                http://www.linkedin.com/in/g
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