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Porterville council declines charter change on department head power, asks city manager to use performance agreements
Summary
Instead of placing a charter amendment on the ballot to shift hiring/firing authority over department heads, the council voted 5-0 to ask the city manager to develop in-house performance agreements for directors, a move members said preserves checks without costly ballot measures.
The Porterville City Council voted unanimously to forgo a charter amendment that would alter council authority over department heads and instead directed the city manager to develop performance agreements or contracts for department directors.
Vice Mayor McCurdy moved the recommendation and councilmembers seconded it as an in-house…
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