Who is the boss?

Will you people get off that subject as to who is the boss of government in PTC?

The charter clearly states that the mayor can delegate the responsibility of running the daily operations of the city to the City Manager, but must report to the mayor and council as necessary (there are rules for that).

Kind of like trying to find out who the Chief of Police works for here!

We elect the Mayor and council.

They are the boss. Whether sub-heads work for the mayor or manager is up to the mayor.

Different strength people will operate differently.

All these generals and admirals operate within guidelines on their own, but they work for the Secretary of Defense, who works for the President!

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Charter doesn't state that actually...if u could read
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Submitted by NUK_1 on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 10:51am.

The charter clearly states that the mayor can delegate the responsibility of running the daily operations of the city to the City Manager, but must report to the mayor and council as necessary (there are rules for that).

It doesn't state anything like that. The Mayor doesn't have any choice about "delegating" to the city manager; their positions are clearly defined. It's not some kind of a "choice."

The position of Chief of Police is a Council-appointed position, unlike most other jobs in the City. That means Council gets to have an actual say on who is hired or not as well as their job performance.
He works for both the city mgr and the Council.

The day The Citizen has an "ignore" feature to where I don't have to skip over all of your crap and completely wrong BS will be a good day indeed.


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Submitted by Bonkers on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 4:33pm.

Why would he have need to delegate it if he didn't have it to start with?

Do you know what delegate means?

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Read Bonkers, read and understand
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Submitted by NUK_1 on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 5:27pm.

You said the Mayor delegates blah blah blah and I said no, the Mayor doesn't delegate, and doesn't have the power to decide whether to delegate or not.


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Submitted by Bonkers on Fri, 09/18/2009 - 11:23am.

So the Chief of Police can tell the Mayor no I don't want that delegation, and to go fly a kite if he so chooses since he works for the City Manager AND the City Council!

That must be nice----no one to guide him in abuses he may do--he works for no one in particular since the City Manager can't fire him and no one councilman or woman can fire him---they have to vote I assume.

Would his boss, the manager get a vote? No, you say? Then he isn't his boss. That was what was wrong with the former Chief---he knew he didn't work for anyone except the law itself. (some judge).

Boy what games the city manager and the chief of police must have to play to survive.
However, the chief of police could pour wine or beer onto the managers shoes....no, no it was the other way around!

If the kitchen is too hot NUK, leave it.

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