City Manager's Office

Meet Rod Butler, City Manager

Rod Butler has been City Manager of the City of Jurupa Valley since December 2019. He has nearly 30 years of local government management experience and previously served as City Manager for four California cities: Crescent City in Del Norte County, Patterson in Stanislaus County, Upland in San Bernardino County, and Port Hueneme in Ventura County.

Mr. Butler’s areas of expertise include economic development, budget and financial management, building and developing executive teams, and working closely with City Councils to identify key priorities and goals, then implementing effective strategies for achieving those goals. Mr. Butler earned a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of California at Riverside and a Master of Public Administration degree from California State University at Long Beach. He is a member of the International City-County Management Association and the California City Management Foundation.

Mr. Butler’s initial goals in Jurupa Valley include:

1. Increasing the City’s long-term financial stability
2. Selecting the City’s first in-house and full-time executive team
3. Providing critical leadership to advance major capital improvement projects and economic development opportunities

About the City Manager's Office

The City of Jurupa Valley utilizes the Council-Manager form of government to ensure the effective, transparent, responsive, and accountable expenditure of taxpayer funds an implementation of City priorities. The City Manager serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the City and reports directly to the City Council. The mission of the City Manager’s Office is to assure implementation and administration of policies and programs adopted by the City Council. In addition to providing overall direction, through Department Executives and contracted service providers, for all City projects and programs, the City Manager’s Office also directly manages several program areas.  

Functions of the City Manager’s Office include:

• Coordinating intergovernmental relations and legislative advocacy
• Administration of the City's communications, media relations, and public relations
• Federal, State, and Local Grants Administration
• Economic Development and Land Use Management
• Emergency Preparedness and Operations
• Human Resources, Risk Management, Employee compensation and benefits
• Homelessness Services
• Public Safety
• Long Range Planning