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Stayton council debates city manager appointment, duties and limits in charter review
Summary
Councilors spent the meeting’s main discussion on Section 34 of the city charter, weighing whether the mayor or the full council should appoint the city manager, whether the manager’s duties should sit in charter or ordinance, and how to define the charter’s prohibition on council coercion of personnel decisions.
The Stayton City Council spent the evening focused on Section 34 of the city charter, which establishes the city manager position and sets how the role is appointed, what duties it performs and limits on council influence.
City attorney Ross (presenting remotely) led the discussion, describing three primary policy choices: whether the mayor or the full council should appoint the manager; whether the manager’s duties should be written in the charter (voter-level change) or in ordinance (council-level change); and whether the council should have additional checks on administrative authority. "The charter creates the position," Ross said, "and then it tells us how to fill that position." He explained the difference between charter-level duties, which only voters can change, and ordinance-level…
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