Jim Nuse joined the City of San Marcos as City Manager on December 6, 2010 following a 27 year career at the City of Round Rock, including eight years as City Manager.
In San Marcos, Jim leads a team of 550 employees with an annual budget of $147.8 million.
The City of San Marcos provides a wide array of community services, including general government (administration, legal, human resources, finance, technology services, municipal court), public safety (police, fire and emergency management), capital improvements, community services (parks, recreation, library, WIC, health/ animal services) development services (planning,permits, neighborhood services, |

Jim Nuse
City Manager |
GIS), public services (transportation, electric, drainage, water and wastewater utilities), and a general aviation airport.
Jim was Round Rock’s City Manager from 2002-2010, where he led a staff of 840 employees with an annual budget of $130 million. Before that, he was Public Works Director for 18 years. He began work for the City of Round Rock in 1983, helping it grow from a population of 13,000 to more than 100,000 today.
He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wyoming, and has done master’s coursework at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
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