City Manager Lori Ann Farrell Harrison has presented the City Manager Leadership Award for the month of February to Finance Accounting Specialist II Ricardo Rosiles.

“Ricardo plays a key role in the City of Costa Mesa as he works on a variety of revenue projects, collaborating with multiple City Departments and businesses to record monthly payments,” Farrell Harrison said. “I admire his positive, can-do attitude and am happy to present him with this leadership award.”

His projects include Measure Q taxing retail sales/deliveries of cannabis, Measure X cannabis manufacturing and distribution tax remittance, Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT/BIA), Property Taxes, Solid Waste Hauler Franchise Fees and Costa Mesa Country Club to name a few.

Every day, Rosiles goes above and beyond his job responsibilities to ensure the Treasury Division is well supported. He is detail-oriented, which is essential when examining financial documents for errors or discrepancies.

Rosiles is also an active listener and communicates effectively. He takes pride in providing exemplary customer service to the public and his own co-workers. He is a pragmatic problem solver; he looks at problems as an opportunity to test and showcase his financial knowledge.

Rosiles joined the City of Costa Mesa, Parks and Community Services Department in 2005 as Recreation Leader III, in 2009 he was promoted to Recreation Leader IV

In January 2013, he joined the Finance Department as Accounting Specialist I (cashier). In December 2021, Rosiles became Accounting Specialist II.

Originally, from Santa Ana, Rosiles is a graduate of Santa Ana High School.