Alliance City Hall houses multiple departments including the City Manager, City Clerk, Tourism, Community Development, Human Resources, Accounting and Utilities. As you can imagine, these departments are responsible for a plethora of tasks; Alliance’s City Manager, Seth Sorensen, assists the City Council in accomplishing the City’s goals and objectives. The City Manager is responsible for carrying out the policies set by City Council by implementing effective and efficient management practices. The City Manager oversees all Department Heads as we work to Build the Best Hometown in America.
Alliance’s City Clerk, Shelbi Pitt, is responsible for organizing all City Council meetings, maintaining official records and documents, cemetery records and lot sales. The City Clerk is also in charge of risk management and insurance claims for all City Departments.
Alliance Tourism is focused on providing fun, affordable activities for residents and to attract visitors from surrounding areas to spend time and money in Alliance. In the past two years Tourism has taken over organizing Bands on the Bricks and the City Fireworks Display, also creating the Autumn in Alliance festival – a celebration for all ages to enjoy.
Community Development provides planning and zoning services, building code enforcement, building permitting services, contractor licensing, dangerous structure abatement, and other development services to the citizens of Alliance and area developers. Community Development also provides staff support for the Planning Commission, the Board of Adjustment, as well as the Community Redevelopment Authority. Community Development recently completed the City’s Comprehensive Plan – a document that will be used to guide the City’s decisions for the next 20-30 years. This Department is managed by Director, Brent Kusek with the assistance of a Secretary and Building Inspector.
Human Resources is run by Director, Carla Mayhew with the assistance of Tammy Suit. This Department helps create an open, honest and high performing workplace. They are in charge of recruitment, workforce planning, benefits administration, performance management, policy development, training and so much more. They are currently in the process of developing Paylocity as a hub for everything employment-related including pay, performance, training, company culture, and engagement.
The Finance Department includes Accounting and Utilities, and is responsible for all functions relating to the City’s general accounting, payroll and the processing and collection of utility billings. They are located in the east-west alley on the south side of City Hall.