Ariana Adame. Photo courtesy of The City of West Sacramento

WEST SACRAMENTO, CA (MPG) - The City of West Sacramento announced a significant organizational restructuring aimed at bolstering its commitment to efficient public service and impactful community development on Aug. 11.

The city is proud to announce three pivotal leadership appointments that will play a crucial role in realizing the city’s strategic goals. The appointments are discussed below.

The strategic enhancement includes the creation of a new assistant city manager, community services position. This new role will provide focused support and strategic oversight to several critical departments: capital projects, community development, economic development and housing, parks and recreation, and public works maintenance and operations. This proactive step underscores the city's dedication to optimizing collaboration, streamlining operations and ensuring the continued delivery of high-quality services to its residents, according to city officials.

“We look forward to beginning this new chapter of organizational excellence,” said West Sacramento City Manager Aaron Laurel. “This restructure, along with the appointment of highly experienced and dedicated leaders, will sharpen our focus on community needs, speed up project delivery, and make our services even more responsive and effective.”

Ariana Adame has been selected as the new assistant city manager, community services, and started her new role on July 1.

Adame has more than 20 years of experience in local government, with an extensive background in organizational development, policy development, government finances and program/project management. Most recently, Adame was director of capital projects for the City of West Sacramento since June 2021, where she managed a capital projects portfolio exceeding $400 million.

As the capital projects director, Adame significantly increased staff retention, updated capital project policies and implemented new project approval processes. Prior to that position, Adame held key positions in the City of Stockton and the City of Moreno Valley. She holds a master’s degree in management from the University of Redlands and received the Municipal Management of Northern California "Rising Star" Award in 2016.

Rebecca Scott. Photo courtesy of The City of West Sacramento

Rebecca Scott has been selected as the new director of public works maintenance and operations and started her new role on July 14.

Scott is an experienced leader committed to building collaborative team cultures and delivering efficient, sustainable public works services. Most recently, Scott served as the director of operations for the Citrus Heights Water District since March 2021, overseeing operations for the district serving 70,000 residents and managing a Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget of $13 million and an operating budget of $6 million.

During her water district tenure, Scott secured more than $5 million in state and federal grant funding for critical infrastructure improvements and successfully reduced preventable incidents by 75%.  Prior to her time with the district, Scott worked for the City of Cerritos and was responsible for the creation and tracking of the city’s capital improvement project budget and securing in grant funding. She holds a master’s degree in communications from California State University, Fullerton.

Jaipal Chahal. Photo courtesy of The City of West Sacramento

Jaipal Chahal has been selected as the new director of capital projects and started his new role on July 28.

Chahal brings extensive experience in capital improvement planning and execution, public sector budgeting and staff development. He has served as interim director of capital projects since February.

Since June 2022, Chahal was the construction and facilities development manager for the City of West Sacramento and oversaw the successful delivery of nearly 30 capital projects within one year for various city departments. Chahal’s background also includes significant private sector experience with CEMEX as a regional area manager – operations and regional continuous improvement manager, and as a VSS International project manager, managing public-works construction contracts. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science in construction management engineering from California State University, Sacramento.