Negotiates collective bargaining agreements with city employees, oversees employment contracts on behalf of the city, and handles day to day labor issues between the unions and the City of Akron.

Oversees the development and maintenance of the city’s infrastructure. The infrastructure includes the Mansfield Lahm Airport, street resurfacing, water distribution lines, sanitary and storm sewer collection systems, water and wastewater treatment facilities, and traffic signalization. The department manages approximately $10 to 13 million of capital improvements within the city each year.

Provides Civil Engineering services that promote public health, safety, and welfare. Activities include: storm sewer system and drainage; sanitary sewer system; water distribution system; road construction and rehabilitation; traffic engineering; bridge inspection and rehabilitation; construction management and inspection; mapping; parcels, public right of way and easements; residential subdivision review; commercial development review; engineering permits; Community Development Block Grants; Ohio Public Works Commission Grants; regulatory compliance and coordination.

Prepares annual and 5-year Capital Investment and Community Development budgets. Provides access to statistical data, archival and historical records/maps, aerial photography, and wetlands and flood plain information. Answers general public information questions on area demographics.

Prepares and maintains a comprehensive Solid Waste Management Plan, and measures progress toward its goals by collecting detailed statistics on recycling and solid waste disposal. Promotes recycling, reuse, and reduction of solid waste through educational and informational programs, support of recycling businesses and organizations, and the direct operation and/or support of actual collection events and programs.

Implements plans, designs, and construction of the public improvement projects of the City of Akron.

Works with developers, realtors, and the business community to actively promote and facilitated development efforts. Formulates, establishes, and administrates land use policy and zoning and subdivision regulations. Provides financial and technical assistance for the physical improvement of qualified residential properties within the City. Administers the City's Housing Code in order to ensure that residential properties are properly maintained.

Engaged with the built environment, undertaking plans and projects that enhance the physical character of our neighborhoods, districts and areas. Prepares area and neighborhood plans, and promotes their implementation, recommends changes to zoning codes to implement plans and maintain pace with changing development patterns and trends.

Implements programs and activities under the federally funded Community Development Program and other funding sources through land acquisition, relocation, land marketing and new home construction through the non-profit Urban Neighborhood Development Corporation (UNDC).

Planning office on issues of transportation and land use.

Provide the Urbana Zoning and compliance department ensures land use conforms to local regulations, town zoning regulations are beneficial, development and redevelopment of community. Also offers nuisance and code enforcement.

Responsible for managing current and future land uses, facilitating business development, enforcing the City's Zoning Code, and issuing sign and home occupation permits.

Manages, plans, and implements services for the Public Service Department in the City of Akron.

Engineer's Office has jurisdiction as the elected official overseeing the County Engineer's Office, the County Highway Department, and the Tax Map Department. Also oversees maintenance of county roads and streets before, during and after a major snowfall. This includes patching potholes and snow clearance. Complaints or questions regarding any of these areas may be made by calling the office.

Responsible for planning and providing regulations relating to the platting of all lands within the city, making regulations as to the manner in which streets and other public ways shall be graded and improved as well as regulating the manner and extent to which water, sewer, and other utility mains, piping or other facilities shall be installed. Additionally, the Planning Division also engages in and maintains the strategic and capital plans for the city.