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Councilmembers Hiller and Duncan outline governance issues: mayor's role, COMA limits, city manager turnover and citizen committees
Summary
Councilmembers Karen Hiller and Spencer Duncan spoke to the Citizen Government Review Committee about the council–manager form of government, COMA constraints after the mayor became a voting member of the governing body, frequent city manager turnover, and the role of citizen committees.
Councilmember Karen Hiller and Councilman Spencer Duncan appeared Feb. 19 before the Citizen Government Review Committee to discuss the city’s council–manager form of government, limits on communication under the Kansas Open Meetings Act (COMA), the city manager role and turnover, and how external citizen committees are used.
Hiller, who identified herself as serving since 2009, told the committee she supports the current council–manager system overall but flagged an unintended consequence after the mayor was made a voting member of the governing body: COMA-related limits on some informal communications. “I worry that we crossed the line when we brought the mayor in and made a single governing body instead of that separation that we had…
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