Sculley as City Manager During her career as San Antonio City Manager Sheryl Sculley has wielded her power to effect change within every aspect of city government. From shaking up departments to focusing the city budget Sculley revamped and revived city government to make it more effective. Before even her first official day on the job, Sculley had been tasked by Mayor Phil Hardberger with handling the ongoing problems with the fire department equipment. She pursued the issue working to get new gear into the firefighter’s hands and ensure the safety of firefighters was made a top priority (Davila, 2005). Through this interaction, Sculley worked to ensure the city, the firefighters, and city council that she wasn’t afraid to shake things up and stand up for the city.
From the beginning of her role as city manager Sculley’s determination to shake things up was met with both admiration and resentment. She rearranged the finance department removing both the director and assistant director and pushed the department under her leadership. She also set-up a check of the city’s financial systems by an outside agency to ensure a proper audit of the city’s finances was conducted …show more content…
During this time she has ushered in new mayors, new chosen department heads, and even a new fire and police chief. Almost from when she stepped into the office Sculley has been appointing and hiring new executives within the city government to ensure a functioning government. One of her first appointments in office was William McManus as police chief. To guarantee the best possible applicant for the position Sculley constructed a 24 member community panel tasked with interviewing the potential candidates and then advising Sculley on the strengths and weaknesses of each (Moreno, 2006). This appointment was quickly confirmed by city council and began Sheryl Sculley’s placement of key executive
From the beginning of her role as city manager Sculley’s determination to shake things up was met with both admiration and resentment. She rearranged the finance department removing both the director and assistant director and pushed the department under her leadership. She also set-up a check of the city’s financial systems by an outside agency to ensure a proper audit of the city’s finances was conducted …show more content…
During this time she has ushered in new mayors, new chosen department heads, and even a new fire and police chief. Almost from when she stepped into the office Sculley has been appointing and hiring new executives within the city government to ensure a functioning government. One of her first appointments in office was William McManus as police chief. To guarantee the best possible applicant for the position Sculley constructed a 24 member community panel tasked with interviewing the potential candidates and then advising Sculley on the strengths and weaknesses of each (Moreno, 2006). This appointment was quickly confirmed by city council and began Sheryl Sculley’s placement of key executive