I'm fairly unclear with the discontent with the hiring of the new Park Board superintendent, why the Mayor didn't just veto the appointment and have the Park Board do a more open process. You might have ended up with the same guy (he seems like a good person for the job and people who want the job are in short supply) but there would have been more public input and less implication of back room dealing.
I know that someone asked this question before and Annie Young wrote in that the Mayor didn't have to sign off on (or veto) matters of Park Board "organization" but that has only ever referred to organization of the Park Board proper, i.e. who is president of the Park Board and who is vice president, etc. Not any other matters. I have attached the relevant portion of the City Charter below. If the Park Board hasn't sent the Mayor this action for approval per the Charter, the Mayor should raise a stink. It shouldn't be up to the Park Board to pick and choose which resolutions the Mayor gets to see. The Mayor has a role, by charter, and he should play it. Carol Becker Longfellow All ordinances, resolutions, and other actions of the Park and Recreation Board, except those related to its organization, rules or procedures, shall, before they take effect, be presented to the Mayor, and if the Mayor approves thereof, the Mayor shall sign the same, and such as shall not be signed, the Mayor shall return to the Board, with his or her objections thereto, by depositing the same with the secretary of the Board, to be presented to the Board at their next meeting thereafter. Upon the return of any ordinance, resolution, or other action of the Board by the Mayor, the vote by which the same was passed shall be deemed to have been reconsidered, and the question shall be again put upon the passage of the same, notwithstanding the objections of the Mayor, and if upon such vote the Board shall pass the same by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board, it shall have the same effect as if approved by the Mayor. If any ordinance, resolution, or other action of the Board shall not be returned by the Mayor within five (5) days, Sundays excepted, after it shall be presented to the Mayor, the same shall have the same force and effect as if approved by the Mayor. The Mayor may call special meetings of the Park and Recreation Board by notice to each of the members, to be delivered personally or left at their usual places of abode. At such special meeting no other business shall be transacted than such as is designated in the call. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
