Not kidding, open your mind. The office of town manager would become attractive to qualified candidates that would compete in the public forum, just like the selectman do today for their important position. Unlike the part-time volunteer positions held by the selectman which include only a stipend, the elected town manager would be a full-time employee of the town, as is the case today, and could be offered a salary set by town meeting that could easily be less than what is presently paid. After all, sitting state senators and state representatives make less that the existing pay grade for Framingham�s town manager position. Even at levels under the present pay grade, Framingham's vital role as the center of MetroWest would still attract capable, qualified individuals with both administrative and political skills to seek this important office.
Doug Freeman Pct 11
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Subject: Re: [tmm] Appointments to the ConCom
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:44:06 EDT
Somebody has got to be kidding. This proposal gives us all the disadvantages
of every possible form of local government and none of the advantages.
It starts with the problem of "professional" management with the only
qualification being getting one more vote than the other candidate (just like a
city). We then get to have either a very divided authority or a lot of elected
bodies that have nothing to do (just like the pre-Town Manager act Town).
The worst part of the current system is that the Selectmen can easily
abdicate their responsibilities to the Town Manager, and forget that the Town Manager
works for the Selectmen rather than the other way around.
Selectmen are supposed to set priorities, make policy, and supervise the Town
Manager. If the Conservation Commission is not a priority of the Selectmen,
then the Town Manager can do whatever he wants.
Dick Weader
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