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Council introduces ordinance to rename Administrative Services to Finance and move HR under city manager

Cupertino City Council · May 6, 2026
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Summary

Council introduced for first reading an ordinance aligning the municipal code with a recent organizational realignment: human resources will move into the city manager's office (as a division) and Administrative Services will be renamed Department of Finance; council approved first‑reading votes and scheduled a second reading for May 19.

The Cupertino City Council on Tuesday introduced and conducted the first reading of an ordinance to update several municipal code sections to reflect a recent internal reorganization.

City Manager (unnamed) told the council the proposal is administrative in nature: the human resources division will transition to the city manager’s office (as a division) while the former Administrative Services Department will be refocused and renamed the Department of Finance, concentrating on accounting, budgeting and purchasing. Jonathan Orozco, acting director of Administrative Services (introduced by staff), explained that the changes…

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