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Candidates outline how mayor, council and city manager should share responsibilities
Summary
At the Hoschton forum, candidates described governance styles and the separation between policy-setting by elected officials and administration by the city manager. Several candidates emphasized listening and consensus-building; one candidate noted moving the city from a strong-mayor to a weak-mayor system in recent years.
Candidates at the Hoschton forum described their approaches to leadership, how they would bridge differences on council and how they view the role of the mayor versus the city manager.
Mayor Debbie Martin said the mayor-and-council set the policy "what" while the city manager handles the "how," arguing that elected leaders should "stay in their lane" while respecting the city manager’s…
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