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Homewood informational session outlines benefits of council–manager government
Summary
At an informational session, Mountain Brook city manager Sam Gasson and Councilor Nick Sims explained how a council–manager or city manager model could professionalize Homewood’s operations, citing examples, counts of managers in Alabama, and next steps for resident questions.
Councilor Nick Sims opened an informational session on Homewood's consideration of the city manager role and said council members and staff would be available for one‑on‑one follow‑ups after a presentation by Mountain Brook city manager Sam Gasson.
Gasson, introduced by Sims as a longtime Mountain Brook city manager, framed the council–manager form of government as a tool to increase professional administration. He summarized academic and professional studies and presented three reasons he said explain why Alabama has relatively few city managers: limited statewide champions for professional management, the need for special enabling legislation, and local cultural and political factors.
Gasson described a city manager’s core duties as…
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