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City Government
Our
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City Departments
The City
Manager works closely with the Mayor and City
Council to focus on many major areas. MORE
Under
administrative direction of the City Council, plans, organizes, provides
oversight to and participates in all City Clerk functions, including
retaining custody of and maintaining the City’s official records and
history; coordinating the conduct of City Council and Special
Measure/Initiative elections, ensuring legal notification of various Council,
commission and committee meetings, and preparing agenda materials and minutes
for City Council meetings; coordinates City
response to subpoenas for records, and performs related
work as required. MORE
The Fire Department is a full service organization
providing fire response, limited hazardous materials response, full vehicle
extrication, and 24-hour basic and advanced life support services. The
Department performs fire code plan checks, inspection, and enforcement;
participates in educational activities to increase community awareness of
fire safety and prevention; and conducts fire investigations within its
jurisdiction. In the event of a major disaster the Fire Department is the acting
Emergency Operations Command (EOC). The Department services the City of The Police Department responsibilities and
obligations include: improving the quality of life in the community for our
residents and visitors, maintaining the peace and preserving public order,
protecting life and property, apprehending criminal offenders, recovering
stolen property and identifying the rightful owners, and enforcing traffic
safety laws. The Police Department provides these services following the
philosophy that no call for our services will ever be to small, and that we
will provide police services to the community in the same manner, and at the
same level we expect other law enforcement agencies to deliver police
services to members of our own families. MORE
The Finance Department provides internal support to
other City departments and external support to other government agencies by
providing financial information to facilitate their decision making process.
The Department administers City funds in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. MORE
The Public Works Department provides engineering
services, maintenance of City infrastructure, and oversight of numerous
contracts for services and capital improvements. Public Works funding is
composed of local funds and restricted state and federal funds. The
Department is broken down into several functions. MORE
There can be little question that Rio Vista
residents have a love affair with the great outdoors. Their pursuit of
high-quality outdoor recreation experiences is unrelenting. This report shows
how significant changes in the size and structure of Rio Vista's population,
changing participation patterns, and shifts in recreation styles and
preferences will have a dramatic effect on the adequacy of existing park and
recreation services. MORE The role of the Community Development department is
to assist the City Council and Commissions to create the future vision of the
community and to carry out the Council’s policies through regulatory, financial
and administrative procedures. The Community Development department is
responsible for reviewing development activities on private land,
facilitating economic development and redevelopment, affordable housing, and
assistance with programming of Capital facilities. The department ensures
that buildings are built and remodeled to meet Building Code life and safety
requirements. The Department assists residents, property and business owners
to bring construction and development ideas to fruition or to encourage
alternatives if these are contrary to adopted policies, ordinances, or
regulations. The Department enforces standards to protect the public welfare
and to improve property values through the enforcement of nuisance abatement
codes. MORE
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