CITY MANAGER CHOICE URGED; MARKEY WANTS T.O. COUNCIL TO START PROCESS.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Daily News Staff Writer The City Council is being asked to hit the ground running and select a new top administrator, one of the more important decisions of a council member's career and one that could set the tone for what had been a bitterly divided group. Mayor Michael Michael, archangel Michael (mī`kəl) [Heb.,=who is like God?], archangel prominent in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. In the Bible and early Jewish literature, Michael is one of the angels of God's presence. Markey Markey is the surname of the following American politicians:
``It's it's 1. Contraction of it is. 2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its. it's it is or it has it's be ~have important we get somebody on board,'' Markey said. ``The guy should be here; he's he's 1. Contraction of he is: He's going to school today. 2. Contraction of he has: He's already been to the museum. the sixth council member.'' Selecting a new city manager poses a pivotal challenge for the new council, which has said it will try to get along better than the contentious group that ruled local politics on split votes for years. Whether the new council can come to an agreement on who to hire for the estimated $120,000-a-year job could serve as a test for council allegiances for the next term. ``A 5-0 vote on the city manager would go a long way to show that we have a working council that can make decisions outside of their political philosophies,'' said Councilwoman Linda Parks For the DC Comics character, see . Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a Korean American actress who is best known for her portrayal of communications officer character Hoshi Sato in the television series . , who is expected to be named mayor when the new council takes office Nov. 24. ``It definitely would get us going on the right footing to have a unanimous vote.'' The City Council has authority to hire and fire just two municipal employees - the city manager and the city attorney. As the top administrator, the city manager oversees the city's $70 million operating budget Noun 1. operating budget - a budget for current expenses as distinct from financial transactions or permanent improvements budget items, operating cost, operating expense, overhead - the expense of maintaining property (e.g. and city staff, and is responsible for putting in place the policies and direction of the council. The council had begun looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a new city manager earlier this year when veteran administrator Grant Brimhall retired in February after 20 years on the job. A Sacramento-based firm was hired to coordinate the process, and a list of 34 applicants had been narrowed to seven to 10 candidates for interviews. However, the hiring process was cut short when Councilwoman Elois Zeanah announced her retirement before the November elections, and members decided the new council taking office after the election should choose the city manager. ``I think that's a key stepping-off point - showing some unity in selecting a city manager,'' said newly elected Councilman Dan Del Campo. But saying they want to end the tense partisan Partisan may refer to: Political matters In politics, partisan literally means organized into political parties. The expression "Partisan politics" usually refers to fervent, sometimes militant support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea. fights that led to a routine 3-2 division on the outgoing board may be easier said than done on a council made up of five members with varying opinions. For example, Markey was hopeful that the new board could get to work interviewing candidates from a previously established pool of applicants. Parks, however, said the council should reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. the application process. Among the expected candidates is interim City Manager MaryJane Lazz, who had worked under Brimhall and who has divided support among council members. ``We're far enough along; we need to look at the (candidates),'' Markey said. ``Whoever the new city manager's going to be needs to be on board.'' Markey is hoping to hold interviews in December and have a new manager hired by February. Parks wants to re-advertise the job, believing some candidates may have dropped out and new ones may be interested. ``I want to have a choice,'' she said. ``It sounds like I may not be getting that.'' However, newly elected Councilman Dennis Gillette said it wasn't so much how the vote turned out, but whether the council supported the new hire. ``I would hope any decision would be unanimous, but recognizing you have five people with diverse backgrounds and diverse interests,'' he said. ``To me, the real test will be after the decision is made.'' Del Campo wants to slow the process down a notch notch (noch) incisure; an indentation on the edge of a bone or other organ. aortic notch dicrotic n. cardiac notch 1. , so new council members can review the background data and the council can avoid hiring a partisan city manager who could play too heavy a role in council decisions. ``I don't like to see that position become the sixth council member,'' he said. ``I think it would not serve the city; I don't think it would serve the council. ``I don't think it would serve the new manager's position to have a vote of 3-2. I think we can work to avoid that.'' |
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