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Council agrees to explore converting city administrator role to consultant; seeks legal review and staff follow‑up
Summary
A councilor requested authority for the mayor and a councilor to meet with City Administrator Jason to draft a potential consultant contract and explore removing him from the administrator role; the city attorney asked for preliminary legal review before any contract drafting; the council authorized follow‑up steps and scheduled further discussion.
At the Jan. 13 meeting, Councilor Hancock requested an agenda item to explore removing City Administrator Jason from his employment contract and engaging him instead as a consultant focused on MWMC/ME0 work. Hancock asked whether the mayor and a councilor could meet with Jason to outline what a consultant contract would look like and return a proposal to the full council.
City attorney counsel said she needed a preliminary chance to consult with outside counsel and to review the legal and employment implications before a consultant contract was drafted or considered formally. Councilors debated whether the exploratory meeting should include the full council or a smaller pair (the mayor and Hancock); several members said a small working group would produce a draft that could then be reviewed publicly. The council directed the city attorney to discuss legal considerations and authorized the mayor and Councilor Hancock to meet with Jason to develop a draft contract for later presentation to the full council, pending counsel's preliminary review.
