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Study commission votes to include city/county manager option in preliminary report, forms subcommittee
Summary
After extended deliberation and review of public survey results, the Butte-Silver Bow Study Commission voted unanimously Oct. 27 to include an option for a city/county manager (professional manager) form of government in its preliminary report and to appoint a subcommittee to draft duties and charter language for that option.
The Butte-Silver Bow Study Commission voted unanimously on Oct. 27 to include an option for a city/county manager form of government in its preliminary report and to form a four-member subcommittee to draft duties and proposed charter language.
"I'll make a substitute motion, that we put in the preliminary report the option of a city city county manager form of government and prepare a subcommittee to do the write up for it," Commissioner Laurie Casey moved; the motion was seconded and, after discussion, carried unanimously.
The commission spent more than an hour debating the tradeoffs between retaining the elected chief…
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