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Augusta committee recommends professional manager, says move will clarify authority and speed operations
Summary
The Augusta Charter Review Committee unanimously recommended switching to a commission–manager form of government, giving a professionally qualified manager greater authority over day-to-day operations and departmental leadership while leaving policy-setting to the mayor and commission.
The Augusta Charter Review Committee recommended that the consolidated government shift from its current mayor-and-commission-administrator system to a commission–manager form of government, a change the panel said would clarify lines of authority and speed day-to-day operations.
Committee vice chair Clint Bryant described the manager as a professionally credentialed chief executive who would oversee all 28 departments, hire and fire department heads, set departmental goals and performance expectations, and present…
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