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-4- G. Ziebarth <br /> The council-manager form of government offers the best chain of command and <br /> produces the best results, at least in theory, because everyone is accountable <br /> to someone. <br /> The third option is of course to leave things as they are until a more <br /> notable reason surfaces to force a change. Although we have no great problems <br /> presently it is my opinion that the weakest link in the chain of command is <br /> between the administrator and the department heads. This is caused primarily <br /> by the transitional nature of our city. The optional Plan A that`_Mounds View <br /> now has with a clerk-administrator is a transitional type of government and <br /> was designed for cities that had grown out of clerk positions because of i. .4&`ata <br /> rt <br /> � * o <br /> P P ulaton and had not yet become large enough to form a departmentalized <br /> �icir� <br /> structure. Presently Mounds View is at a point where demands for services . <br /> by the coummunity and demands by school districts to handle youth sports <br /> wi4wk +r <br /> has brought us very close to a decision on4the most efficientform of <br /> government. To decide the question, citizens should be given the opportunity <br /> to provide the council or charter commission with some important information. <br /> Do the residents of Mounds View wish to continue services at the present Aret u.iN <br /> they_ wish to reduce them. An affirmative answer to �° <br /> ift <br /> level or do :.����' <br /> or increasing services suggests a. change to manager form of government in <br /> Lh-e--near-future. Ifresidents wish to reduce services,rices then it may be possible <br /> to continue with a clerk-administrator for some time. <br /> I hope my impression:of city government are helpful to you in thus t s 1000 <br /> difficult decision. I think some members of the community have the iso <br /> that we as council members have time to check on all the operation of the city. <br /> It is impossible to run a complex operation by remote control. Whether you <br /> like it or not, the administrator must have the authority to oversee the <br /> operation while we are away and he must be able to make decisions in the <br /> s tabsence of council and a sgetg o one will. After all, he is responsible to the <br /> council for those decisions anyway. <br />