In The Media | Ana Cortez

Ana Cortez Among Those Considered for Middletown OH’s Next City Manager

Middletown OH is looking for a transformative leader to take the City from the place described in Hillbilly Elegy –https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillbilly_Elegy_(film)– to a new, dynamic destination..

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Beattie Street Trailhead: Lessons on Community Engagement and Internal Agendas

When I became the City Manager in Helena, MT, I inherited a complex issue that had environmental assessment, community engagement, traffic patterns, supply-demand, land use, community relations and a number … Continue Reading...

Executive Interview with Ana Cortez

Civic Business Journal (CBJ) sat down with Ana Cortez to learn more about why she got involved in local government, her favorite parts of being a City Manager, and more … Continue Reading...

Sad To See City Manager’s Premature Departure

“Ana Cortez was hired last year to execute an ambitious agenda created by the city commission and designed to be responsive to the needs of city residents while setting out … Continue Reading...

City Manager Cortez Gets Things Done in Helena

We learned a water pipe supplying four residences had frozen. A city employee told us we might be without water for up to two months until the pipe thawed on … Continue Reading...

Change in Helena’s city government is welcome

Ana Cortez is referred to as the “substantive change”that Helena, MT wanted, and how her ambitions to be a problem solver are what the city meeds.

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The Coffee Break Podcast- Helena City Manager Ana Cortez

Ana Cortez was featured on The Coffee Break Podcast to discuss her time in Helena. “City Manager Ana Cortez is about six months into the role. She stops by to … Continue Reading...

City of Yakima’s 2019 budget balanced, but issues linger

The Yakima City Council is ready to vote on a nearly $250 million budget for next year that’s balanced but fails to address long-term financial goals the council identified as … Continue Reading...

Mayor warns of painful decisions as Yakima depletes its cash reserves

If the city continues to borrow from its general fund reserves to pay for operational costs and not pay back the balance, half the reserve fund will be going to … Continue Reading...

Yakima City Council approves nearly $1 million in budget cuts

Assistant City Manager Ana Cortez-Steiner said decisions made by the council addressed concerns about the 2019 budget and paved the way for the city to replenish its reserves. Read more…… Continue Reading...