Dallas
City Council and Manager
City
Manager Mary K. Suhm
Mary
K. Suhm is serving her fourth year as
city manager for the City of Dallas. As city manager, Suhm is responsible
for the daily operations of the municipal organization. She manages
a staff of over 13,000 employees and a budget of $2.65 billion.
She was appointed city manager in June 2005 by the Dallas City Council.
Prior to her appointment as city manager, Suhm served as interim
city manager, first assistant city manager, assistant city manager,
executive assistant director of Dallas Police, director of courts,
assistant to the
Mayor, and branch library manager for the City of Dallas.
During
her three decades in municipal government, Mary Suhm has earned
a national reputation among public administrators for creativity
and innovation. Suhm, who earned a master of business administration
degree from the University of North Texas, was one of the first
large city managers to overhaul traditional municipal budgeting
systems to increase transparency and service accountability. She
also introduced performance measurement, customer service, benchmarking,
strategic planning and other common business practices into municipal
management operations to assure that Dallas city government runs
efficiently, economically, and effectively. As a result, she has
won numerous awards from her peers including Public Administrator
of the Year (2007, American Society for Public Administration—North
Texas Chapter).
Suhm
aligns city operations and resources to support key focus areas
designated by the Dallas City Council. Among these key areas, Suhm
has realized the following accomplishments, among others:
Public
Safety— Under her leadership, crime is down in all
major reporting categories, and the city is enjoying its 6th consecutive
year of overall crime reduction, despite having added 300,000 new
residents during the same time period.
Economic
Development— With an increased focus on accountability,
Suhm has assured that public investment in the city’s infrastructure
is completed on schedule and within budget. Currently, three of
the city’s last four bond programs are between 93% and 99%
complete, and 66% of the approved projects in Dallas’ 2006
bond program are already awarded and underway.
Clean,
Healthy Environment— Suhm, a former high school biology
teacher, has also led Dallas to become a national leader in the
environmental movement. With over 40% of its energy coming from
renewable sources, a 48% increase in residential recycling, one
of the largest green fleets in the nation, and the ISO 9001 international
certification of its environmental management system, Dallas is
setting the example for municipal social responsibility.
Efficient,
Effective & Economical Government— When hurricanes
struck the Gulf Coast, people from Houston, Galveston, East Texas
and as far away as New Orleans found every temporary accommodation
they needed at shelters operated by the City of Dallas. Under Suhm’s
direction, these facilities have been fully staffed—in one
case, on a day’s notice-- with volunteers and paid professionals
to assist evacuees with food, clothing, shelter, medical and other
basic life needs. The costs for which, were all carefully documented
and reimbursed by the federal government.
Education—
While operationally the Dallas public school system is separate
from the municipal organization, Suhm recognizes that a well-educated
workforce and a strong school district have positive impacts on
the city of Dallas. As a result, she has assured that city facilities
and resources which support educational goals are given the same
priority as traditional city services. Suhm, a former librarian
who earned her master of library science degree from the University
of North Texas, opened Bookmarks, Dallas’ first branch library
in a shopping mall at NorthPark Center in 2008. Suhm also encourages
city employees to mentor and gives them time to do so as part of
a Dallas ISD program with Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
In
2006, the Women’s Council of Dallas County named Mary Suhm
“Woman of the Year” and she is also the recipient of
the Linda Keithley Award for Women in Public Management given by
the North Central Texas Council of Government (1995).
Delia
Jasso
District
1
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FN Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-4052
Fax: 214-670-5117
Pauline
Medrano
Address:
Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5EN Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: 214-670-4048
Fax: 214-670-3409
David
A. Neumann
District
3
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FS Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-0776
Fax: 214-670-5117
Dwaine
Caraway
District
3
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5EN Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-0781
Fax: 214-670-3409
Vonciel
Jones Hill
District
5
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FN Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-0777
Fax: 214-670-5117
Steve
Salazar
District
6
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FS Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-4199
Fax: 214-670-5117
Carolyn
Davis
District
7
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FS Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-4689
Fax: 214-670-5117
Tennell
Atkins
District
8
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FN Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: (214) 670-4066
Fax: (214) 670-5117
Sheffie
Kadane
District
9
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FS Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-4069
Fax: 214-670-5117
Jerry
R. Allen
District
10
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FS Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-4068
Fax: 214-670-5117
Linda
Koop
District
11
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FN Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-7817
Fax: 214-670-5117
Ron
Natinsky
District
12
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FN Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-4067
Fax: 214-670-5117
Ann
Margolin
District
13
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FS Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-3816
Fax: 214-670-5117
Angela
Hunt
District
14
Address: Dallas City Hall 1500 Marilla Street Room 5FN Dallas, TX
75201
Tel: 214-670-5415
Fax: 214-670-5117 |
