City manager
From Sunshine Review
A city manager is an official appointed as the administrative manager of a city, in a council-manager form of city government. The position is called chief administrative officer in some municipalities.
Originating in Staunton, Virginia [1] in 1908, the city manager form of government was created to remove city government from the power of the political parties, and place management of the city into the hands of an outside expert who was usually a business manager or engineer, with the hope that the city manager would remain neutral to city politics. [2]
[edit] References
- ↑ A General Manager For A City: Staunton's Idea - Now Standard Worldwide
- ↑ Brinkley, A: American History: A Survey, Twelfth Edition, page 579. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007
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