Andrea et al: TM has an implicit power via the budget. In essence, it votes on salaries, etc. This is the traditional power of any legislature as long as there is a will to use it.
That is a means to impact constructively on the Town Manager. Larry Schmeidler Vice Chair, Pct.4 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Carr-Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'John Newman'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:35 PM Subject: Re: [tmm] your mail > Does Town Meeting have any say as to whether the Town Manager stays or goes > or the contract is extended or what the terms of the contract is? Can Town > Meeting override the BOS if they choose to do so? > > I am asking questions that have been posed to me by other residents, and I > don't know the answers -- so I thought I'd ask them in this forum. > > Thank you. > /andrea carr-evans > pct. 3 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rene s Mandel > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 11:25 PM > To: John Newman > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: your mail > > Welcome. > > Certain types of issues, including legal, collective bargaining, and > personnel, are discussed in executive session. Since this is supposed to > be a frank discussion of an employee's job performance, discussing it in > executive session is appropriate. Actually, to be too frank in public > might risk legal consequences, I suppose. > > Your understanding of the extension is the same as mine. I suppose they > mean it as a compliment, but, as you say, it ends up seeming more like a > dodge. > > Rene Mandel > > > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body > "unsubscribe frambors" (the subject is ignored). > > > To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body > unsubscribe tmm (the subject is ignored). To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe frambors" (the subject is ignored).
