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kayman

Creation of County Manager positon  

12 members have voted

  1. 1. Should Jefferson County have a county manager?

    • Yes
      12
    • No
      0


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Well, this is a step in the right direction, but the law should have made a County Manager mandatory since the 5 commissioners seem to use their executive authority as way to wield tyranny over the basic functions of the County. We all know under the current commission they wouldn't want to relinquish this authority because they like the power. The Commission should only be their as legislative reps of the citizens of the County and nothing more or less because they are only at the Courthouse 3 days a week at the most.

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Well, there have been a number of events that has occured in past 3 weeks, 1) 4-day work week for county employees. 2) Commissioner Humphreys opted for a 20% pay cut, and 3) Commissioner Carns has opted to take a pay cut as well.

However, these are only temporary affects on the county's financial problems since the county occupational tax or another substantial funding source isn't there. Collins, Bell, and Smoot has opted to maintain their annual $66K plus $10 travel allowance salaries, and the State Legislators haven't come to an agreement on what to do with finding a substantial source of funding for programs such as zoning, land-use, inspection services, community and economic development, and roads maintanance. Finally, the bill to allow a county manager has been passed into law, but the majority of the current commission doesn't believe in relinquishing their executive duties to a hired, non-political professional.

As much as want to stay optimistic, this situation will likely be limbo for the rest of this year and most of 2010 until the elections for commissioners. However, I reaffirm that the Jefferson County Commission needs to be abolished in its current form and needs to be reformed as an policy-making only structure with at least 3 to 4 at-large seats while retaining some districts similar to Shelby County Commission.

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