Sacramento City Manager John Shirey will be presented with the Wes McClure Award of Distinction at the League of California Cities City Managers’ Department Meeting in San Francisco this week.
The annual award is given to the city manager who has demonstrated outstanding career service, leadership and expertise in city management.
In a statement, Daly City icty manager Pat Martel, noted Shirey’s lifetime of service, results and innovation.
“It can be challenging to strike the right balance between the myriad of priorities needed to lead a city, especially one the size of Sacramento,” she said. “If anyone exemplifies the leadership it takes to manage finances while improving economic development, it’s John. He has an inherent ability to form partnerships, transform development areas into flourishing economic districts, and has invested in the professional development of others, making him a great leader.”
“The City Managers’ Department is honored to present John with this distinguished award.”
The award is named in memory of Wes McClure, a former city manager of San Leandro.
Shirey has been instrumental in advocating and initiating programs to change ways in which local governments operate so that they better serve citizens. His decades of accomplishments in city management earned him the 2014 National Public Service award for his outstanding and lasting contributions to public service. The American Society for Public Administration and the National Academy of Public Administration presented Shirey the award.
Shirey, a former head of the state’s redevelopment agency, is now overseeing the development and construction of a new $448 million entertainment center and arena for the Sacramento Kings in downtown Sacramento.