Overview

The City of Rosenberg's City Council is the legislative body; its members are the community's decision makers. Power is centralized in the elected council. It approves the budget and determines the tax rate, for example, and it also focuses on the community's goals, major projects, and such long-term considerations as community growth, land use development, capital improvement plans, capital financing and strategic planning, rather than the administrative details. It hires a professional manager to carry out the administrative responsibilities and supervises the manager's performance.

The council-manager plan is the system of local government that combines the strong political leadership of elected officials in the form of a council or other governing body, with the strong managerial experience of an appointed local government manager. The plan established a representative system where all power is concentrated in the elected council as a whole and where the council hires a professionally trained manager to oversee the delivery of public services.

To learn more about the individual city government entities, or to view the City Council Agenda and Minutes, click on any of the links to the left or contact us.