DepartmentsCity Manager

City Manager

Don Dorman
City Manager
411 E Kern Ave.
Tulare, CA 93274
(559) 684-4200
(559) 685-2398 (fax)
ddorman@ci.tulare.ca.us

Function
The City Manager is appointed by the City Council to direct the administrative operations of the City government. The incumbent is responsible for planning, directing, coordinating and reviewing the activities and operations of all city departments. he or she appoints all department heads and employees, except the three appointed by the City Council - City Manager, City Clerk, and City Attorney. A major role for the City Manager is recommending the budget to the Council on an annual basis.

The City Manager, with the city staff, formulates recommendations to the City Council, and then is responsible for the carrying out of the approved policies and goals of the City throughout the City organization to the best of the staff's abilities.

The current City Manager also serves as the City Clerk and General Manager of the Board of Public Utilities.