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Rick Menchaca’s Summary
By extension, the man whose executive duty it is to keep one of these cityships on a smooth course is a kind of social warrior, a captain of a big ship, who, like the captain of “Big John,” must maintain himself and his crew at a high level of alertness and efficiency. The specifics of how that works in an individual case come clear in a review of the work, life, and career of Ricardo (Rick) Menchaca, city manager of Midland, a man who, as the jargon of our time puts it, “has his act together.” Midland’s official web site notes that the city’s manager is “the chief executive officer of the government carries out policy and administers city programs.” That’s the whole story in a sentence. Rick’s days split rather neatly into two areas: one is “routine management” (not always so routine), which includes supervising 865 city employees—98% of everybody who works for the city—and the other is “special projects,” individual undertakings to implement city policy, of which a couple of stand-out examples are the new Scharbauer Sports Complex and the Midland International Airport.
Rick is the “boss man” for the whole panoply of city departments and services. He and his two assistants, Tommy Hudson and Marcus Johnston, are responsible for: Police; Fire; Airport; Community Services (Health and Senior Services, two senior centers, and the city’s parks and golf courses); Development Services (construction and repair of streets and traffic); Utilities (water, electric, sewer, solid waste, landfill); Support Services (finance); Administrative services; Communications and Information Services (the city’s computers; City and Midland County 911 Dispatch Center); Internal Services (a fleet of about 800 items of rolling stock, the city’s purchasing office, and the construction and maintenance of buildings). Lots of work to do. The year 2000 was a big one for Rick Menchaca. He became city manager at the age of 34.
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