City Manager

Tony Konkol has served as the City Manager of Oregon City since 2016, bringing over 22 years of governmental experience to the role. As the administrative head of the city government, Tony provides leadership and direction to ensure that the goals, policies, and requirements of the city are implemented effectively and efficiently. His extensive background includes over six years as Oregon City’s Community Development Director and eight years as a land use planner in the Community Development Department. 

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Key Duties of the City Manager: 


1. Administrative Leadership: 

   - Oversee the overall administration of city operations, ensuring efficient and effective service delivery. 

   - Provide leadership and direction to city departments, facilitating policy discussions and supporting departmental efforts. 

2. Strategic Planning and Implementation: 

   - Develop and implement city policies and strategies to achieve the goals set by the City Commission. 

   - Ensure that all city ordinances, franchises, leases, contracts, permits, and privileges are observed and enforced. 

3. Communication and Reporting: 

   - Attend all meetings of the City Commission and keep the Commission informed about the affairs and needs of the city. 

   - Prepare and present reports on the status and performance of various city departments and operations. 

4. Budget Management: 

   - Act as the city's chief financial officer, overseeing the preparation and administration of the annual budget. 

   - Submit budget estimates and reports to the budget committee as required, ensuring fiscal responsibility and effective resource allocation. 

5. Staff Supervision and Support: 

   - Supervise city officers and employees, with the exception of the Commission and the judicial activities of the municipal judge. 

   - Designate a City Recorder and provide leadership to city staff, fostering a supportive and productive work environment. 

6. Public Utilities and Property Management: 

   - Supervise the operation of all public utilities owned and operated by the city. 

   - Maintain general supervision over all city property, ensuring its proper management and maintenance.

7. Community Relations and Advocacy: 

   - Serve as a liaison between the city government and the community, addressing citizen concerns and fostering positive relations. 

   - Represent the city at public events, meetings, and functions, advocating for the city’s interests. 

8. Purchasing and Contracting: 

   - Act as the purchasing agent for all city departments, overseeing procurement processes. 

   - Ensure all purchasing is conducted through requisitions signed by the City Manager, maintaining transparency and accountability. 

Tony Konkol became the City Manager of Oregon City in 2016 and brings over 22 years of governmental experience to the position, providing leadership and direction to ensure that the goals, policies, and requirements of the city are implemented effectively and efficiently. Tony previously held the position of Oregon City’s Community Development Director for over 6 years and worked for 8 years as a land use planner in the Oregon City Community Development Department.

Tony has consistently demonstrated his abilities to be a leader who communicates effectively, is results-driven, supports staff, and effectively addresses the needs of the community and organization. Through his work at Oregon City, Tony has gained experience in the day-to-day operations and decisions that are necessary to effectively manage a complex organization, facilitate policy discussions, and support the efforts of multiple departments and the City Commission.

Tony earned the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) credential in 2020 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Citation from the City of Oregon City in 2014. Tony holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from Portland State University and a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. Tony grew up in a small town south of Chicago and moved to Oregon to attend graduate school after spending a school year teaching junior high and high school English in Okinawa Japan. Tony and his wife have two children, one in high school and one in junior high, and his family enjoys baseball, softball, skiing, hiking, and fishing.

Duties of the City Manager

  • By charter, the City Manager shall be the administrative head of the government of the city. He or she shall be chosen by the City Commission for an indefinite term and may be removed at the discretion of the Commission.
  • The City Manager shall devote his/her entire time to the discharge of his official duties, attend all meetings of the Commission, keep the Commission advised of the affairs and needs of the City, and make reports of all affairs and departments of the City.
  • The City Manager shall see that all ordinances are enforced and that provisions of all franchises, leases, contracts, permits, and privileges granted by the City are observed.
  • The Manager shall designate a City Recorder, and administrate over and supervise city officers and employees except over the Commission or over the judicial activities of the municipal judge.
  • The Manager shall act as purchasing agent for all departments and further, all purchasing shall be made by requisition signed by the Manager.
  • The Manager shall be responsible for preparing and submitting to the budget committee the annual budget estimates and such reports as that body requests.
  • The Manager shall supervise the operation of all public utilities owned and operated by the City and shall have general supervision over all city property.
  • The Manager shall be entitled to sit with the City Commission, but shall have no vote on questions before it.
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