City
Manager Building 126 South Seventh Avenue P. O. Box 818 Wauchula,
Florida 33873
863-773-3535
office 863-773-0773 fax
Duties
and Responsibilities:
A
city manager is appointed by the City Commission to act as the chief executive
officer of the City Manager, responsible for carrying out the direction of the
City Commission through the administration and coordination of city operations,
resources and assets, which includes:
Supporting the Commission with timely and complete information and advice;
Insuring
that effective and efficient services are provided to meet community needs;
Supporting
resident involvement in actions which affect them an the community;
Responding
in a timely manner to requests for service
Preparing
a draft annual city budget with options for Commission review;
Meeting
with citizen groups to understand their needs better;
Providing
executive leadership that encourages good performance by city personnel;
Operating
the city with a professional understanding of how all city functions operate together
to best effect.
Develop
short and long range strategic planning and development strategies for the City’s
future.
Objectives:
The City of Wauchula has been pursuing a new strategic plan and administrative
agenda, and has determined that there is a critical need to implement and facilitate
community development, community promotion, growth and management initiatives
to take advantage of current and pending population shifts and development trends.
Basically, by utilizing a three-prong approach:
Develop the necessary infrastructure
to attain, support and maintain our goals.
Develop
and promote the City and its amenities as an attractive investment location and
“the place to be” when the requisite infrastructure is in place.
To
control and nurture the shape and content of the growth and development while
maintaining the City’s integrity and heritage.
This
planned approached was designed to specifically address what the Wauchula City
Commission has outlined as the City’s key objectives:
Address the spectrum of
residential housing needs.
Improve
the City’s ability to retain the young people in the community.
Address
the City’s short and long term economic and community growth and development challenges.
Set up mechanisms
to accommodate growth and development .
Set
up mechanisms to promote growth and development.
Set
up mechanisms to sustain and control growth.
These
objectives can be achieved by taking full advantage of Wauchula’s strategic location
and amenities, both natural and created.
A
good location is absolutely critical to any business, and local government in
many respects is run as a business for the benefit of its residents. A successful
location means exposure and easy access. Wauchula has been blessed with
a perfect location. Why?
Central
to everything in South Florida; Tampa, Bradenton, Orlando, Sebring, Okeechobee,
all hour away or less. Major population centers perfectly situated from the radial
hub of Wauchula. Excellent distribution location for ANY business desiring to
reach maximum market area ·
Most
attractive land prices and tax base in the region
Open
space for any size commercial or industrial enterprise
Availability
of essential infrastructure; water, sewer, electric power, roads
Available
workforce
Expansion
of housing, commercial and public amenities
An
unsaturated and congestion free market base
126 South 7th Ave. Wauchula, Florida 33873
Phone: (863) 773-3131
