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Study commission debates smaller council, elected mayor and city-county manager in charter draft
Summary
Members of the Butte-Silver Bow study commission reviewed working-group recommendations to shrink the council, make the mayor an at-large, voting presiding officer, add a deputy mayor, and create an appointed city-county manager; commissioners deferred final votes to allow more public review and separate votes on each issue.
The Butte-Silver Bow Study Commission on Dec. 15 reviewed a package of working-group recommendations to rewrite parts of the county’s charter, including reducing the council’s size and shifting some powers to an elected mayor and an appointed city-county manager.
Mister Dennehy, presenting the council, mayor and manager proposals, told the commission the working group recommended a council composed of a smaller number of district-elected members and a mayor elected at large. "The mayor shall be recognized as the head of the city county government for all ceremonial purposes ... and shall execute contracts, deeds, and other documents," Dennehy said while walking commissioners through draft language that also creates a deputy mayor and specifies nonpartisan elections.
The draft would make the mayor a voting presiding officer,…
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