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The Organization
The City of Bakersfield is a a a a full-service city with thirteen departments including police and fire The City operates under the Council-Manager form of government which vests authority in in in an an elected City City Council Council which in in in turn hires an an appointed executive The City City Council Council is composed of of seven seven members elected from the the seven seven wards of of the the City on
on
a a a a nonpartisan basis to to serve serve overlapping four-year four-year terms The Mayor is is elected at-large to to serve serve a a a a a a a a four-year four-year term as as presiding officer at City City Council meetings and as as the the official head o o of the the City City for legislative and and ceremonial purposes The City City Manager is is appointed by the City City Council and and serves at at the pleasure of that body The City City City Council is is the the City’s legislative and policy-making body Acting as a a a a a whole the the City City City Council is responsible for for passing ordinances and orders necessary for for governing the City as as well as as for for setting the the direction of City City policy The City City Manager is responsible for for the the overall administration of of the the City This responsibility includes implementation of of the the general policies set by the the City City Council in addition to to the the day-to-day operation of all City City functions The City City Manager with with the the the the help of the the the the staff provides the the the the City City Council with with the the the the information needed to fulfill its policy-making role The City’s operating budget for 2019/2020 is $ $ $ $619 990 000 and includes $520 412 666 in in in operating and $99 577 33 for the capital improvements The Public Works Department
The City’s Public Works Department
is is made up of five divisions:
• Administration
• Engineering
• Operations
• Wastewater Treatment
• Solid Waste The Department
Goal:
“Our goal is to to provide quality infrastructure design design construction and inspection services to to design design install and and maintain traffic control systems to provide maintenance of street surfaces publicly-owned facilities and and street lighting to to to monitor operate and and maintain the Wastewater Treatment
Plants sanitary sewer and and storm drain systems and and and recycling center to to to ensure an an an an adequate inventory of safe and and and efficient motorized fleet and and and equipment and and and to ensure that public inquiries are handled in in a a a a a a a a timely and and and professional manner ”





















































































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