Kody Tompkins
Assistant City Manager

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Kody Tompkins is the Assistant City Manager for the City of Barstow, overseeing administrative direction and plans, including coordinating, directing, supervising, and managing finance, budget, human resources, risk management, information technology, economic development, community services, public works, and environmental services.

He also assists with other functions and departments, provides highly responsible and complex professional support to the City Manager and City Council, and serves as Acting City Manager in his absence. He is an active member of the California Water Environmental Association, American Water Works Association, and the Water Environmental Federation.

Tompkins is a Barstow native and graduated from Barstow High School. He enlisted in the Army National Guard, and during his years of service completed two tours to Iraq for over one year each. He was eventually discharged honorably in 2009 as a Sergeant.

In 2002, Tompkins began working at the Barstow Wastewater Treatment Plant (BWWTP) as a laborer, working his way up to become Chief Plant Operator before being named General Manager. In addition, he served as the project manager, overseeing Phase I of the BWWTP Improvement Project, partly funded by grants from the Environmental Protection and Environmental Development Agency which aimed to upgrade and restore plant equipment and facilities.

Tompkins holds certificates as a Grade V Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator, and in Grade II Water Treatment, Grade II Water Distributions, and Grade IV Collections System Maintenance from the California Water Environmental Association. He also completed the Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator Specialist certificate from California State University, Sacramento. Tompkins holds a bachelor's degree in environmental management from Columbia Southern University.

He is married and has one son.