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Former city manager outlines county charter options; commission asks follow-up on chair selection
Summary
Lynn Tipton, a former Daytona Beach city manager, walked the Volusia County Charter Review Commission through county charter forms, pros and cons of rotating versus directly elected chairs, and peer-county comparisons; commissioners asked staff to form a government-structure subcommittee to examine chair selection and seat configuration.
Lynn Tipton, a longtime municipal manager and presenter, told the Volusia County Charter Review Commission that most Florida counties operate under the council-manager form and urged commissioners to weigh trade-offs before changing Volusia’s governance structure. "It is the most prevalent," Tipton said of the council-manager model, situating the discussion in national and Florida history and model charters.
Tipton explained that the council-manager model separates representative policy-making from professional day-to-day administration and cited examples from Sarasota,…
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