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Residents and some commissioners back a city-county manager and smaller commission
Summary
Public commenters at a Butte-Silver Bow study commission hearing largely supported replacing the elected chief executive with a hired city/county manager and reducing the current 12-member commission to a smaller, paid body to improve professionalism and efficiency.
Many residents who spoke at the Butte-Silver Bow Charter Study Commission public hearing urged replacing the elected chief executive with a professional city-county manager and shrinking the 12-member commission to a smaller, paid body.
Supporters including a current commissioner and several longtime residents argued a manager would be a professionally trained administrator who could run departments and remove political pressures from daily operations. Jim Fisher, who said he currently serves on the Butte-Silver Bow commission, said a city-county manager and fewer commissioners…
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