Heath names Steve Alexander as new city manager after national search

Heath has hired Steve Alexander as its new city manager/CEO after an extensive national search facilitated by SGR, placing a veteran of 31 years of municipal management and financial work at the center of the city’s day-to-day decisions. The move matters in Heath because the city manager oversees budgets, department heads, utilities, planning and personnel while the city continues to absorb North Texas growth.

Under Heath’s charter, the city manager serves at the will of the City Council and is appointed by a majority vote of the full council. The council includes a mayor and six council members elected at large, and meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Heath City Hall, 200 Laurence Dr. in Heath. That structure makes the manager the main operational link between council policy and the services residents feel in traffic patterns, water service, permitting and neighborhood development.

Alexander’s background is rooted in North Texas local government. A Texas Municipal League directory lists Steven J. Alexander, CPA, CGFO, as city manager for Heath from Oct. 1, 2023, to June 18, 2025, and as assistant town administrator for Highland Park from Oct. 1, 2013, to Sept. 30, 2023. The city said his experience spans finance and municipal administration, two areas that will shape how Heath evaluates capital projects, tracks spending and keeps city departments aligned.

Heath is a home-rule city in Rockwall and Kaufman counties with a population of 11,238, according to the Texas Municipal League directory. The city’s government page points residents to city administration for requests tied to permits and licensing, a reminder that much of the public’s daily interaction with city hall runs through the manager’s office. The city also posted a welcome message for Alexander on Facebook, and later council-meeting video and recap posts identified Steven Alexander as city manager in updates from the council chambers.

For Heath residents, the next 12 months will be measured less by ceremony than by whether city hall keeps pace with growth. Alexander’s first tests will come in the routines that shape daily life most directly: how quickly permits move, how reliably departments respond to service requests, how the city manages water and infrastructure demands, and how smoothly council priorities turn into action at Heath City Hall.