City administration consists of the City Manager’s Office and four departments. The City also contracts with the RCMP to provide police services. The following summary presents an overview of our administrative structure and functions.
To contact us, please contact the City's ServiceCentre.
Corporate Management
City Manager's Office
City Manager: Beth James
Location: 5th Floor, City Hall
Manager, Legislative Services: Walter Babicz (Corporate Officer)
Manager, Policy Initiatives: Wendy Nordin |
Director: Rob Whitwham
Location: 5th Floor, City Hall
This department contains five divisions with responsibilities varying from coordinating land acquisitions, to protection services, to enforcing City bylaws. |
Bylaw Services
Manager: Guy Gusdal
Location: 1st Floor East, City Hall
Function: Responsible for enforcing our parking, animal control, noise, property maintenance, zoning and water usage bylaws and business licenses. |
Civic Facilities
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Manager: Greg Anderson
Location: 1st Floor, City Hall
Function: Responsible for the maintenance and custodial services for the civic facilities such as City Hall, the library, fire halls, city yards, RCMP, parkades and the technical/structural/ HVAC/electrical for all facilities under the department's jurisdiction. This division is also responsible for the construction of new civic facilities.
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Fire Services
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Manager: John Lane, Fire Chief
John Iverson, Deputy Fire Chief
Cliff Warner, Chief Communications Officer
Blake King, Deputy Fire Chief
Location: Main Hall, next to City Hall
Ospika Hall, 4001 5th Avenue
Vanway Hall, 3778 Hwy. 16 West
Austin Hall, 4555 W. Austin Road
Function: Coordinates fire fighting, rescue and medical aid activities and provides training for all personnel. Inspects all public buildings, apartments and businesses to ensure that they are safe. Also provides fire safety education programs to city residents, particularly school children. Dispatches all fire emergency calls, not only in the City but the entire Regional District and beyond.
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Police Support Services |
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Manager: Devon Cooper
Location: RCMP Detachment, 999 Brunswick Street |
Planning and Development
This department oversees all land use planning and development approval activities along with preparation and administration of the City’s Official Community Plan.
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Director, Ian Wells
Location: 2nd Floor, City Hall
Supervisor: Brenda Sieben
Location: 2nd Floor
Manager: Alan Clark
Location: 2nd Floor |
Community Planning |
Community Forests |
| Manager: Dan Adamson |
Real Estate Services |
Operations
This department is responsible for the Transportation, Utilities, and Parks & Solid Waste divisions, as well as related infrastructure, facilities and capital projects.
Superintendent: Bill Gaal
Location: 505-4th Avenue Yard
Utilities
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Manager: Dave Dyer
Location: Public Works Yard, 505 - 4th Avenue
Function: Responsible for the water supply and distribution systems and our sewage collection, treatment plants and for the enclosed portion of the storm system and storm ponds. |
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Manager: Flavio Viola
Location: 4050 18th Avenue
Function: Responsible for park and playground maintenance and construction, sport field and facilities maintenance, special events in City parks, boulevard maintenance, boulevard and park tree maintenance, mosquito and weed control, cemetery and mausoleum operations and residential solid waste collection services including the operation of the Quinn Street and Vanway transfer station. |
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Manager: Dave Bradshaw
Location: 4050 18th Avenue Yard
Function: Responsible for road maintenance and snow clearing services to the City's transportation network, as well as project surveys and inspections, traffic and transportation project engineering and management, and engineering. This division is also responsible for the administration of the City's transit system
Corporate Services Department |
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This department contains five divisions that have a broad range of responsibilities varying from human resources and financial matters to procurement and fleet maintenance.
Director: Kathleen Soltis, Director
Location: 3rd Floor, City Hall |
Financial Services |
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Manager: Debra Deley
Location: 1st Floor, City Hall
Function: Responsible for the City's Service Centre; cashier support, taxes and utilities; financial statement preparation.
Financial Planning
Manager: Kris Dalio
Location: 3rd Floor, City Hall
Function: Responsible for the investment management and long range financial planning and budget development.
Human Resources
Manager: Rae-Ann Emery
Location: 4th Floor, City Hall
Function: Manages human resources functions including recruitment and selection, employee relations advice, training and development, job evaluation, and performance management. |
Communications and Citizen Engagement
Manager: Chris Bone
Location: 5th Floor, City Hall
Function: Responsible for communications (internal and external) and social media |
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Manager: Bill Johnson
Location: 4th Floor, City Hall
Function: Responsible for maintaining the City's computer hardware and software. |
Risk & Benefits |
Manager: Ray Borgia
Location: 3rd Floor, City Hall
Function: Responsible for payroll; employee pension and benefits management; health and safety, fleet training, WorkSafe and disability management; and risk management, insurance, and claims.Function: Responsible for payroll; employee pension and benefits management; health and safety, fleet training, WorkSafe and disability management; and risk management, insurance, and claims |
Community Services Department |
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This department has four divisions that look after the civic facilities, community services (Civic Centre, community recreation), arenas (CN Centre, community arenas) and aquatic programs.
Director: Colleen Van Mook
Location: 1st Floor, City Hall |
Manager: Brad Beckett
Location: 1st Floor, City Hall
Function: Plays a key role in the provision of recreation and leisure services as well as connecting, supporting and coordinating community organizations and individuals in the provision of quality life activities. Focus areas include, recreation, culture, arts, heritage, health and wellness and civic pride. The Division liaises with a large variety of community organizations such as Community Associations, Heritage Commission, Community Arts Council, PG KidSport, Friends of Pine Valley and much more. The Division is also responsible for school, field, park and Masich Stadium bookings as well as managing the Pine Valley Golf Course contract. |
Manager: Myles Tycholis
Location: Civic Centre - 808 Civic Plaza
Function: Responsible for the operation of the Civic Centre |
Manager: Andy Beesley
Location: CN Centre - 2187 Ospika Blvd
Function: Responsible for the operation of CN Centre, Kin Centres, Elksentre, and Coliseum. Our commitment is to maintain safe and cost effective, high quality, community arenas that meet the needs of the community user groups who provide events, recreation and sport opportunities for all ages. A mix of direct and contracted services accomplishes this. |
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Manager: Andy Beesley
Supervisor: Jim Worthington
Location: Aquatic Centre - 1770 Munro St, Four Seasons Leisure Pool - 700 Dominion St
Function: Provides a wide variety of affordable aquatic programs and services for all residents, that encourages and enables a healthy active lifestyle. “We are committed to quality, accessible aquatic recreation and water safety education through fiscally responsible leadership”. The services include maintenance, custodial services and programs for the Four Seasons Pool and the Aquatic Centre. |
Prince George Playhouse
Manager: Andy Beesley
The PG Playhouse is run privately by Enchainement Productions, Inc. of Prince George . |
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