Manvel city manager and engineer Dan Johnson will receive a 5% performance-based bonus after City Council approved the incentive at its Oct. 20 meeting.

The overview

While the amount of the incentive was not disclosed, Mayor Dan Davis said the incentive roots from the work Johnson has put in for the city of Manvel.

“We appreciate the work that [Johnson] put in,” Davis said at the meeting. “Living out the core values of the city goes a long way, and we’ve all set the bar very high. We can see that the department heads and all of our employees are pursuing perfection, and we know that we’ll never achieve perfection, but in the pursuit of it we can achieve excellence.”

Diving in deeper

Johnson began as the consulting city engineer for Manvel in 2008, and later worked full-time as the city engineer and assistant city manager in 2020 before officially becoming city manager in late 2023.

According to the city's website, he achieved the following for the city of Manvel:

• 2008: Johnson prepared Manvel’s first design criteria manual and continues to produce annual updates.
• 2012: Johnson prepared Manvel’s first capital improvements program, along with the 2016 update.
• 2013: Johnson prepared Manvel’s first impact fee study, along with the 2016 update.

Prior to working for Manvel, Johnson worked with the city of Friendswood as its city engineer from 2000-07.

To learn more about Johnson and other city staff, visit the city of Manvel’s website.