City Government
The City of Pinole is a “full-service” city, meaning that the City provides all of the traditional municipal services (police, land use management, public works, and parks and recreation) to its residents. The City of Pinole also provides residents with some non-traditional municipal services, such as wastewater treatment and childcare. Providing a wide range of services is a source of pride and presents opportunities.
The City operates under a “Council – Manager” structure, in which the City Council establishes the City’s laws and key policies (Strategic Plan, budget, General Plan, etc.), and the City Manager and staff carry out the laws and policies and implement City programs.
The City of Pinole staff is honored to serve the residents of Pinole. The majority of City staff is involved in providing core public-facing City services, such as policing, public works (maintenance of streets, facilities, parks etc.), land use and building permitting, and wastewater treatment. Other City staff provide additional public-facing services, such as recreation, community events, senior services, cable television programming, and childcare services. Some City staff provide support (financial, legal, human resources, information technology, and records management) to the public-facing services.
The City of Pinole is completing a significant reorganization that started in July 2021, which provides additional resources to and focus on public works, community development, community services, information technology, and communication and engagement. You can find more information in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 Operating and Capital Budget.
