Folsom City Manager Elaine Andersen will retire at the end of 2024, concluding a 35-year career in local government.
“It has been my greatest professional honor to serve as Folsom’s City Manager alongside and in partnership and collaboration with an unmatched, stellar city employee team,” Andersen said in a statement. “Hundreds of city employees across all departments devote their skills, time, kindness, and work ethic to create and maintain the Folsom experience. I feel incredibly blessed to have had the opportunity to serve the city we all love in such a special way, and to lead (and learn from) such excellent employees. Many of them are often unsung heroes, and I could not be prouder to continue to sing their praises as I move on to the next chapter of my life.”
Andersen has worked for the city for two decades and has served as its top administrator since 2018. She led the city through the COVID-19 pandemic, the switch from at-large to by-district elections, and 100 percent turnover on the City Council. She also oversaw adoption of the city’s strategic plan and numerous renovation projects.
“Elaine Andersen is one of the top executive managers I have ever worked with, and serving with her has been a professional highlight of my entire career,” said Mayor Mike Kozlowski. “Elaine’s skills – technical, interpersonal, and diplomatic – are unmatched, and the city and I will miss her leadership. She has provided steady and unfailingly professional leadership of our city organization. As our Folsom City Manager, she has managed a staff of over 400 people and a budget of more than $250 million annually. The City Manager must balance a broad spectrum of complex and very different roles as CEO of Police, Fire, Water/Sewer, Public Works, Parks and Recreation, Information Technology, Finance, Library, Public Information, Community Development, and other departments, services, and functions. No small task.”
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