Nicole Ard

Experience

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  U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Tony Hall

  Jan 1989 - Jan 1989

  L.B.J. Intern
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  U.S. Department of Education

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1992

  Reader
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  U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Tony Hall

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1990

  Intern
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  City of Dayton

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1993

  Intern
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  City of Dublin, Ohio USA

  Jan 1994 - Jan 1994

  Intern
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  City of Phoenix, Arizona

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2001

  Management Assistant I,II, Management Internship Program

  Providing research, analysis, and staff support in the Office of the City Manager, the Neighborhood Services Department, and the Budget and Research Departments. Conducting program reviews of assigned Phoenix departments to identify trends, potential service improvements or needs. Analyzing annual and mid-year funding requests, including staffing and capital outlay requests, developing and monitoring departmental budgets that ranged from $276,000 to $112,908,000. Departments included Planning, Water Services (water and wastewater), Neighborhood Services (neighborhood outreach, neighborhood and commercial revitalization programs, code enforcement, and grants), Personnel, Retirement Systems, Arts Commission, Business Customer Service Center, Civic Plaza (convention center), Housing, Budget and Research, Law, Municipal Court, Public Defender, and Community Relations. Working with departments to respond to citizen requests and complaints. Staffing City Council meetings and subcommittees (Environment and Natural Resources; Housing and Neighborhoods; and Ethics). Coordinating the year-long Phoenix Management Internship Program from recruitment, to orientation, to graduation. Both positions classified as supervisory level. Show less

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  Town of Leesburg, Virginia

  Jan 2001 - Jan 2007

  Assistant to the Town Manager

  Serving as Acting Town Manager in his absence. Providing management support to the Town Manager, supervising and managing multiple projects, assignments, and staff, including Balch Library (town-owned and operated history and genealogy library, 6 FTE). Serving as Executive Department Office Manager (Town Manager, Law, and Clerk’s Offices, 10 FTE) and public information liaison. Serving as a liaison to the Engineering and Public Works, Planning and Zoning, Economic Development (including tourism), and Police Departments. Coordinating the Town Council’s Legislative Agenda for the state legislature. Serving as public information officer in addition to regular duties. Participating in and leading management and leadership team activities aimed at high performance• Serving on both the Budget and Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) Committees and participating in deliberations on development of the Leesburg’s budget (FY 07 $115,913,662, all funds) and CIP (FY07-11 85 projects, $130 million). Preparing and monitoring budgets for the Town Manager’s Office, Town Council, and Cable Television Commission. Show less

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  Town of Hillsborough, North Carolina

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2011

  Assistant Town Manager/Public Works Director

  Serving as Acting Town Manager in his absence. Managing, directing, and supervising the majority of the Town’s operating departments including 46 employees in Public Works, Fleet Maintenance, Utilities, Fire Marshal/Emergency Management, and Planning. Responsible for providing services in streets, sidewalks, solid waste, storm water, cemeteries, parks, water, sewer, historic preservation, code enforcement, planning and zoning. Overseeing budget and balance scorecard for Hillsborough’s primary operating departments. FY 11 Town Budget included General Fund operations-$7,282,780; Water and Sewer Fund operations-$7,478,394; and FY11-17 Capital Improvement Program-$37,990,000. Show less

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  City of Sandusky, Ohio

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2014

  City Manager

  As Chief Executive Officer, leading an organization of over 200 full-time and seasonal employees in providing full-service to a waterfront city. Responsible for City operations including Police, Fire, Engineering and Development (Planning, Building Inspection, Engineering, Water, Sewer, Transit), Code Enforcement, Recreation, Information Technology, Administrative Services, and General Services (Fleet Maintenance, Building Maintenance, Cemetery, Streets/Traffic, Horticulture, Groundskeeping, and Forestry). Operations include seasonal recreational programs and special events, as well as maintenance of 16 parks, a marina, a boat launch, fishing piers, a golf course, an amphitheater, and a cemetery. $51.4M Budget, including $16.4M General Fund, various Federal and State grants including CDBG, brownfields, redevelopment, and transit funds. Show less

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  City of Greenbelt, Maryland

  Jan 2017 - now

  City Manager