Manatee County Confirms Butzow Director of Public Works

Government

Manatee County Commissioners have unanimously confirmed Chad Butzow as director of Public Works, a department of nearly 460 employees that designs, maintains and builds County roads. It also maintains bridges, traffic signals, stormwater systems and Manatee County Area Transit, which transported 1.5 million passengers each year.

Butzow is in his 23rd year of Public Works service. Before joining Manatee County in 2007, he worked in Illinois for 10 years as a field construction inspector and later team leader for Public Works Operations. In 2007, he became Manatee County's Highway Division Manager, and was promoted Deputy Director of the Public Works Department in 2009. Butzow has served as acting director since Ron Schulhofer retired in April, 2018. 

Manatee County Public Works Department

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