The city manager, and other closed-door discusssions
For folks who are watching and waiting for news about City Manager Mitchell Johnson's job status, here's a brief but unsatisfying update.
For the second meeting in a row, last night the council ran out of time to discuss Johnson's 30-day plan for moving the city forward. Council members asked him to lay out the agenda in February, when there were some folks calling for him to be fired and others who said he was doing a good job.
Last night, with the clock ticking past 11 p.m., council decided they were in no shape to have that kind of important discussion.
The lack of a closed session Tuesday night means the council also did not get an update from the city's legal staff on the on-going attempts to settle several outstanding legal matters.
Next time around -- at the council's April 15 meeting -- they will start out with a closed session at 4 p.m., so they can get the debate out of the way before they get sleepy.
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It's time for the council to conduct business in the open and get its agenda in order. Except for pending legal issues and personnel matters, what the council says and who says it behind closed doors needs to be said in public.
The city manager had a performance review last fall. I can think of no reason why his ongoing performance should not be an open topic so we all know what he is doing and how he is getting it done. If discussion still centers around a plan for getting it done, then I submit that we are in deeper trouble than previously thought.
Posted on April 5, 2008 8:59 AM
I AGREE WITH BILL KNIGHT, WHO SAID:
It's time for the council to conduct business in the open and get its agenda in order. Except for pending legal issues and personnel matters, what the council says and who says it behind closed doors needs to be said in public.
The city manager had a performance review last fall. I can think of no reason why his ongoing performance should not be an open topic so we all know what he is doing and how he is getting it done. If discussion still centers around a plan for getting it done, then I submit that we are in deeper trouble than previously thought.
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We need to elect new State Representatives and Senators (also, Governors, city and county officials --- and don't forget School Board Members). We need people in office who will stand up for us and vote the way we do.
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Posted on April 30, 2008 1:56 PM