The City Council serves Chandler's residents as elected representatives and provides for the orderly government of the city. The City Council is responsible for establishing goals and adopting public policy that meets the community's needs. In addition, they are responsible for adopting an annual budget that maintains the fiscal stability of the city. Major focus is on ensuring orderly and quality development throughout the community, enhancing the quality of life for Chandler’s residents through delivery of services, promoting customer service, and communicating with residents.
Meet Mayor Kevin Hartke and the Chandler City Council
Positions Appointed by the City Council
City Manager's Office provides the overall administrative leadership necessary for the implementation of City Council policies, administration of the organization, and delivery of services to residents. This office also promotes interaction with other levels of government to serve the best interests of Chandler's residents, advocates the city's position on issues before the U.S. Congress and State Legislature, and encourages and develops public-private partnerships that support Council direction and meet the needs of the community in a cost-effective manner.
City Manager's Office
Divisions and Units
City Clerk's Office is responsible for the preservation of the city’s historical and legal documents in compliance with Arizona State Public Records Laws. The City Clerk's Office arranges for the holding of all municipal elections, conducts Open Meeting Law training, provides notary public services, and records research on City Council actions. The City Clerk’s Office is a Passport Application Acceptance Facility as designated by the U.S. Department of State.
City Clerk's Office
Includes:
Communications and Public Affairs develops and maintains community and media relations as well as communication programs to present municipal information to the public. This includes publications, news releases, websites, social media, videos and government cable television programming. The department also coordinates residents' requests for service, public meetings on topical issues, and other citywide public affairs projects. In addition, it provides support to the Mayor, City Council, and city departments. It is also responsible for central duplicating services and the processing of all incoming and outgoing mail for city departments.
Communications and Public Affairs
Divisions and Units
Community Services enhances the quality of life for all Chandler residents by providing diverse and affordable educational, recreational and cultural experiences that are transformative and inspiring. The Community Services team plays a vital role in building families through cultural, recreational and educational opportunities.
Community Services
Divisions and Units
The Cultural Development Department enriches the Chandler community through cultural and educational services and programming at the Chandler Center for the Arts, Vision Gallery, Chandler Museum and Tumbleweed Ranch. In addition, this department promotes downtown revitalization through facilitating ongoing development and redevelopment projects and facilitates special events throughout the city on public property.
Divisions and Units
The function of the Chandler Municipal Court is to promptly, fairly and impartially process all criminal and traffic violations filed in court and to effectively obtain compliance of the court's orders. The court facilitates mediation of neighborhood disputes and issues Harassment Injunctions and Orders of Protection. Judges in the Municipal Court also serve as juvenile hearing officers.
Chandler Municipal Court
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Development Services reviews and issues permits for development projects, provides building and structural plan review, and provides building inspection for subdivision and site development. Engineering is responsible for assuring compliance with city standard details and specifications, code requirements for public and private development through the civil plan review process, civil engineering, and traffic design review. Civil engineering reviews civil plans and issues encroachment permits for development projects.
Traffic design review analyzes specific development proposals for compliance with adopted standards and performs traffic impact analysis studies to evaluate a development’s impact on our transportation system. The Department is also responsible for maintaining engineering records on all city infrastructure and assuring that it is accurately presented in the city’s Geographical Information System (GIS).
Development Services
Divisions and Units
- Building Safety
- Customer Service & Permits
- Development Engineering & Civil Review
- GIS Services
- Planning
- Telecommunications & Utility Franchise
- Transportation Engineering
Chandler Fire provides fire suppression, emergency medical, hazardous materials and technical rescue services to the people of Chandler and neighboring areas. The Fire Department staffs a fire prevention bureau, EMS and training divisions, mechanical maintenance facility, community preparedness office and fire department administration.
Chandler Fire
Divisions and Units
- Administration & Prevention
- EMS & Professional Development
- Operations
- Benefits
- Organizational Development
- Recruitment
- Safety
- Wellness
- Workers’ Compensation
The Information Technology Department is responsible for coordinating the use of computer technology across the various city departments. This ensures that accurate and timely information is provided to citizens, elected officials, management and staff. The department also manages technology investments and assets, such as the city's enterprise computer network and applications. Other areas of responsibility include providing technology services and support, consulting, technology business process analysis and project management.
Information Technology
- Application Development
- Converged Infrastructure
- Information Security
- Project Management
- Support
The Law Department provides verbal and written legal opinions to the City Council, City Manager, city departments, boards and commissions. The Department drafts City ordinances, resolutions, leases, contracts and other legal documents and represents the City in all legal proceedings.
The Civil Division is responsible for civil court proceedings in various state and federal courts in all areas of the law, including but not limited to, zoning, contract, public bidding, personnel, bankruptcy, water, real estate and environmental.
The Prosecutorial Division is responsible for the prosecution of criminal misdemeanor cases in City Court and appeals to the Superior Court, Court of Appeals and State Supreme Court.
The Risk Management Division is responsible for administering risk management including loss fund management, claims administration, administration of insurance contracts and provision of loss prevention activities.
Law Department
Includes:
- City Attorney
- City Prosecutor
- Risk Management
The Management Services Department and provides finance and debt management, financial systems management, and support services to other city departments. In addition to maintaining the financial integrity of the city with comprehensive financial administration, this department also includes: Budget, Purchasing, Central Supply, Accounting, Tax and License, Utility Services, and Environmental Management
Management Services
Divisions and Units
- Accounting
- Budget
- Central Supply
- Environmental Management
- Purchasing
- Tax and License
- Utility Billing Services
The Neighborhood Resources Department strengthens and enriches the community by providing high-quality services and resources through neighborhood revitalization, resident empowerment, city code enforcement and excellent housing assistance.
Neighborhood Resources
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The Chandler Police Department's mission is to protect lives and property while fostering a sense of security for all people within the community. The Department and its divisions strive to provide professional police services in a timely, efficient, fair, and impartial manner through the enforcement of the law within the framework of the United States and Arizona Constitutions.
Chandler Police
Divisions and Units
- Administration
- Communications
- Community Resources and Training
- Criminal Investigations
- Detention Services
- Field Operations
- Forensic Services
- Planning and Research
- Police Technology
- Professional Standards
- Property and Evidence
- Records
The Public Works & Utilities Department is responsible for planning, developing, constructing, and maintaining water, wastewater, and solid waste public infrastructure for the City of Chandler. It is responsible for providing Chandler residences, businesses, and industries with a sufficient and continuous supply of potable water that meets compliance standards set by the federal and state government, the collection and processing of wastewater, collection and disposal of trash and processing of recyclable materials. Road construction and maintenance, streets and traffic management are also the responsibility of this department.
Public Works and Utilities
Divisions and Units
