Municipal Manager

Municipal Manager William D. Falsey

William (Bill) D. Falsey is the Municipal Manager for the Municipality of Anchorage. From July 2015 through October 2017, he served as Anchorage's Municipal Attorney. Previously, Mr. Falsey served as BLM's Deputy Chief of Staff and clerked for Chief Justice Alexander O. Bryner of the Alaska Supreme Court. Mr. Falsey is a graduate of Yale Law School, Stanford University (B.S., Physics, with Minors in History and Political Science) and A.J. Dimond High School.

The Municipal Manager is responsible to the Mayor for overall municipal administrative policy, public safety, and operations of the municipality.  The manager directly oversees nine municipal departments, three utilities, and two enterprises:

• Anchorage Police Department
• Anchorage Fire Department
• Anchorage Health Department
• Employee Relations/Payroll
• Street, Facilities and Fleet Maintenance & Operations
• Project Management & Engineering
• Traffic, Signs and Signals
• Public Works Administration
• Public Transit Department

• Anchorage Water & Wastewater
• Municipal Light & Power
• Solid Waste Services
  
• Port of Alaska
• Merrill Field Airport

The Municipal Manager's Department itself contains four divisions: Emergency Management, Equal Opportunity, Risk Management/Safety, and Transportation Inspection.

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