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AVAILABLE AND WILLINGNESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO <br />HANDLE THE CITY'S ADIvIINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS IN <br />ADDITION TO ITS POLICY MAKING FUNCTION. THE CITY <br />MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT STREAMLINES TIlE <br />GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE BY ALLOWING THE CiTY COUNCIL <br />TO FOCUS ON POLICY ISSUES WHILE TI-IE CITY MANAGER IS <br />RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS OF THE <br />CITY. EVEN THOUGH THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE <br />ADIvlINIS~T~ AUTHORITY, THE COUNCIL STILL SETS ITS <br />EXPECTATIONS FOR HOW ADlVlINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS ARE <br />CgJLRIED OUT AND TI-IE FREQUENCY WITH WHICH THE <br />COUNCIL RECEIVES REPORTS SUMM. ARIZ[NG <br />ADMINISTRATIVE ACTMTIES. EVEN WITH THE PLAN A, CITY <br />ADMINISTRATOR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, WE WOULD <br />RECOIvl/vlEND THAT ~ COUNCIL CLEARLY ESTABLISH ITS <br />EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CITY ADMINIST!Lt,.TOR SO <br />RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITY ARE CLEARLY DEFINED. <br />WE HOPE OUR PRESENTATION HAS BEEN INFORMATIVE AND <br />THAT WE HAVE POINTED OUT THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES <br />BETWEEN THE TWO FORMS OF GOVERNMENTS AND <br />SUGGESTED SOME TH/NGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONS[DER <br />BEFORE YOU VOTE. WE STAND FOR QUESTIONS. <br /> <br /> <br />