The City Manager is appointed by the City Commission, and serves as the administrative head of the City. His duties and responsibilities include: to see that all laws and ordinances are enforced; to appoint and remove employees; to supervise departments and divisions, including the public utilities owned by the City; to enforce franchises; to attend all commission meetings; to make recommendations to the commission for adoption of such measures as he deems necessary or beneficial to the City; to keep the commission fully advised as to the financial condition and needs of the city and to submit for its consideration an annual budget; and to perform all other duties as prescribed under the charter or by ordinance or resolution. He also serves as the purchasing agent for the City.

 

City Manager Chad Shryock was appointed by the City Commission on June 1, 2005. He was born and raised in Iowa. He has a master's degree in Urban and Regional Studies from Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minnesota. He has served as City Administrator for Eagle Lake, Minnesota; City Administrator for Wabasha, Minnesota; Executive Director for Delaware County Economic Development in Manchester, Iowa; and Executive Director for the Iowa Great Lakes Corridor of Opportunity in Spencer, Iowa.  You can contact the City Manager via email at cshryock@cityofhawthorne.net.  The City Manager maintains a weblog (commonly referred to as a 'blog') to communicate with the public.  Check out the City Manager's Blog here.