Dick Wollangk's Contract
Contributed by: Anonymous
Maybe our City Manager is qualified and deserves to have his contract renewed. But after they way this city has been run the past few years, I think the Council at least owes the taxpayers some explaination as to why our manager should be re-hired.
Does anyone else think that it is a bit absurd to pay someone over $100,000 to do the job that our city manager has done, and then not even explore the possibliliy of hiring a more qualified public administrator? Why does his contract have to be renewed for THREE years? Why does it have to be assumed that there is going to be a raise? Considering the budget problems, why not offer a new contract offer at $80,000/year?
Considering the budget overruns last year, (reports say, in total, the city went over its budget by a total of more than $3 million in eight different areas last year), the well known problems in dealing with the city inspectors office, and the controversies with our police department in the past few years, is this city really being managed efficiently? This doesn't even mention the probably law breaking bathroom fiasco. I'd urge the council to at least consider what they are doing instead of "rubber stamping" this new contract. In their own Municipal Codes, it states, "The City Manager shall be selected by the Council purely on merit".
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Dick Wollangk's Contract
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, July 19 2005 @ 03:16 PM MDT
Please elaborate on the problems within the police dept, as you state. None come to mind...
Maybe our City Manager is qualified and deserves to have his contract renewed. But after they way this city has been run the past few years, I think the Council at least owes the taxpayers some explaination as to why our manager should be re-hired.
Does anyone else think that it is a bit absurd to pay someone over $100,000 to do the job that our city manager has done, and then not even explore the possibliliy of hiring a more qualified public administrator? Why does his contract have to be renewed for THREE years? Why does it have to be assumed that there is going to be a raise? Considering the budget problems, why not offer a new contract offer at $80,000/year?
Considering the budget overruns last year, (reports say, in total, the city went over its budget by a total of more than $3 million in eight different areas last year), the well known problems in dealing with the city inspectors office, and the controversies with our police department in the past few years, is this city really being managed efficiently? This doesn't even mention the probably law breaking bathroom fiasco. I'd urge the council to at least consider what they are doing instead of "rubber stamping" this new contract. In their own Municipal Codes, it states, "The City Manager shall be selected by the Council purely on merit".
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Dick Wollangk's Contract
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, July 19 2005 @ 03:16 PM MDT
Please elaborate on the problems within the police dept, as you state. None come to mind...
posted by Cheryl Hentz at 11:44 AM
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