The Executive Board established the ICMA Range Rider program in 1974 to make the counsel, experience, and support of respected, retired managers of the profession available to city and county managers and administrators. Range Riders are volunteers, available to meet periodically with members in their state or area to discuss the profession and the concerns of managers. Discussions range from problems with mayors and councils, overall management questions, relations with ICMA, responses to local controversies such as referenda on the council-manager plan to career development counseling.
All discussions are confidential.
The Range Rider program is designed to help with personal and professional issues, not to provide any form of technical assistance or solve substantive problems in a local government. Range Riders also assist communities interested in adopting or retaining council-manager government. ICMA and the sponsoring state organization share travel and other expenses. The amount of expenses allocated depends on the size of the state, the number of Range Riders, and funds available from the sponsors. Please contact the association if you wish to utilize the New York State Range Riders.