All joking aside, what do you think deans at CCs are supposed to do?
Mundane property issues are probably handled by the dean’s admin at some (most?) CCs, but property in general is often going to fall under a dean’s purview.
Also, note that a dean’s work at a CC is generally going to be fantastically boring administrative scut work.
Imho, most managers also do fantastically boring administrative scut work —- think various aspects of hiring, scheduling, budgets, progress reports, personnel reviews, handling administrative complaints (EEO, sexual harassment, etc.), recruiting, etc. Maybe some things are a bit different than a CC dean, but the genre of work is similar.
The specific differences in your perception may revolve around whether the manager/dean has a trusted admin, and whether that admin is around.
Mundane property issues are probably handled by the dean’s admin at some (most?) CCs, but property in general is often going to fall under a dean’s purview.
Also, note that a dean’s work at a CC is generally going to be fantastically boring administrative scut work.