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JOHN N. HELIN
TAB 5
General Fund – 41%; Enterprise Funds – 16%; Special Revenue Funds – 17% Debt Service –
23%; CIP – 3%.
The City has 100 full and part time employees and 90 seasonal with 14 department/functional
area heads reporting directly to me.
The following are the three (3) most important issues facing our City:
(1) Economic Development. Trying to continue to attract new development, both retail
and residential. While we have had good success with attracting new retail businesses
even during the last few years of recession, we need to continue to build up our retail
base in order to make our community an attractive place for potential new residents.
Going hand-in-hand with retail development is increasing our residential growth.
Because the two are inexorably connected, we must work to get both types of
development simultaneously.
(2) Infrastructure. We need to continue our effort in updating our infrastructure. We are
on course to repair, replace and upgrade our streets but there is still much to do. We
allocate upwards of $300,000 a year for this purpose but are still trying to catch up
with decades of neglect due to budgetary constraints. Likewise, we have aging water
and wastewater infrastructure which we need to replace. This year we are drilling a
new water well and upgrading our wastewater treatment plant as well as replacing
aging pipes throughout the City.
(3) Parks and Recreation. We need to continue to upgrade our parks, walking trails and
recreation programs. We will be totally rehabilitating our main baseball field this year
and constructing Phase 4 of our walking trail system. We are currently applying for
grants to construct the fifth and final phase of our walking trail. With a small staff and
limited budget, it is a challenge to add recreation programs to meet the desires of our
citizens and this takes creativity on the part of our staff. We make improvements in
phases to stay within a restricted budget and will continue on that path while the
economy still struggles.
GENERAL MANAGEMENT STYLE AND EXPERIENCE
After over ten years in my current position, I am interested in new challenges that will allow me
to grow and stretch my professional muscles, find and implement solutions to new challenges
and continue to grow as a leader and manager. I believe the challenges facing the City of
Satellite Beach would offer me that opportunity.
I manage non-human assets through my Department Heads and practice oversight of the budget
and development and implementation of effective policies and procedures. My leadership style
is one of collaboration, both with staff and elected officials. I see my position as being a member
of a team. It is my responsibility to hire, train, coach, mentor and lead the staff to provide the
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