Office of Management Services
City Hall, 5th Floor
801 Crawford Street
Portsmouth, Virginia 23704-3822
(757) 393-8614
Office Mission
The Office of Management Services serves as staff support for the City
Manager’s Office. It is a revenue-generating department, which maintains
responsibility for administering the City’s Grants Program, the Community
Planning and Development Programs, the State legislative review process,
federal legislation and appropriation requests, and research projects for
the City Manager Office. Additionally, its staff participates on various
local, regional, and statewide boards and special committees.
Office Functions, Documents & Related Links
- Citywide Grants Program - coordination of the monitoring, technical
assistance, and support services to federal, state and local grants.
These duties also include management of all correspondence and reports,
and acting as liaison between granting agencies and the City.
- Community Planning & Development Program (CDBG, HOME, ESG, HOPWA) – oversight
of sub-recipients, approve all HUD programmatic and financial related
budget expenditures, prepare HUD reports, act as City liaison to HUD,
and participate and support city-wide agencies relating to Community
Development.
- State and Federal Legislative Programs - facilitation of the City’s
review process and reporting for City Council legislative proposals to
the Virginia General Assembly, and for the development and coordination
of the City’s annual federal legislative proposals and appropriation
requests.
Office Employees
- Scott Demharter, Manager of Management Services/Grants Coordinator,
(757) 393-8614 ext. 6127
- Trista Fayton, Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program Manager,
(757) 393-8614 ext. 4264
- Kevin Ferguson, Legislative Analyst/Grants Process Specialist,
(757) 393-8614 ext. 6268
- Robin Herbert, Community Planning and Development Program
Administrator,
(757) 393-8614 ext. 6255
- Sherri Neil, Senior Legislative and Management Analyst/Legislative
Liaison to General Assembly,
(757) 393-8614 ext. 6151
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