Town Manager
Contract Survey: It is not just about the contract, but also about
the timing where outgoing elected officials are pushing to make the
decision now rather than to wait for newly elected officials to take
office. The people spoke, quite loudly in the last election, as to who
they trust with making such decision. Now, there is an end-run going on
to try to push through this contract with the Town Manager without the
chosen representatives of the people having a voice. For those who voted
for Cord Hall, this means the current Council is changing a decades old
pattern in order to exert the last bit of control. 
Over the
years, the Town Council has slowly (sometimes not so slowly) diverted
almost all of its duties over to the Town Manager. We essentially have a
'show' council with the Town Manager making virtually all decisions,
establishing contracts (i.e. the Aquatic Center), and choosing which
laws and ordinance to enforce and when to enforce them (i.e., multiple
violations of Erosion and Sediment Control on Town owned property as
well as privately owned). The contract is established to maintain it
this way, prohibiting the Council from taking back any of that
responsibility. Nuff said by me. Please take the survey. It is short,
quick and easy. Your input matters.
Town
Manager Contract Survey