City Manager Overview

The City Manager is responsible for daily administration of all City operations and implementation of the policies and goals established by the City Council.

The City Manager:

• Directly supervises five City Department Directors: Police Chief, Department of Public Services Director, City Clerk/Human Resources Director, Finance Director, and Community Development Director.
• Coordinates the three independent consulting entities which report directly to City Council, City Attorneys, City Engineers and City Planning Consultant.

City Manager Dana W. Foster is responsible for the day to day administration of the City, including the oversight of all City Departments and implementation of policies established by the City Council.

Dana Foster was appointed to the Brighton City Manager's position by the Brighton City Council in June of 1991. He previously served as Assistant City Manager / Personnel Director for the City of Leavenworth, Kansas, Budget Analyst for Johnson County, Kansas, and as an Administrative Assistant to the City Manager for the City of Manhattan, Kansas. He has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Kansas, and a Bachelors Degree in Political Science from Kansas State University.

As City Manager, his first priority is daily City service delivery. Simply stated, this means working with the City's Department Directors to make sure the resources are in place to deliver necessary public services to the City Customers and to do so in a timely and effective manner. Another high priority of the City Manager is to coordinate the City's resources for the implementation of the City Council's policy direction and related established goals. According to Foster; "Our City has a long history of listening to inputs from the public that it serves which then translates into formal and regular City Council goal-setting. And our City government then has a solid historical track record of implementation of plans and goals and constantly looking ahead to stay progressive."