NOVEMBER 10TH MEETINGOF THE CAMBRIDGE CITY COUNCIL
TO BE HELD
AT THE
DORCHESTER
COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING
501 COURT
LANE
7:00
PM
The following is an agenda item
under Unfinished Business:
Unfinished Business
Introduction and discussion of the
following:
·
Charter Resolution No.
CR-2014-01 – adding Section 3-39 entitled “City Manager”
·
Charter Resolution No.
CR-2014-02 – amending Section 3-21 entitled “Mayor: Oath of Office, Duties” to
incorporate changes to the duties of the office of the Mayor consistent with the
adoption and implementation of a City Manager-Commissioner Form of
Governance
·
Charter Resolution No.
CR-2014-03 – repealing in its entirety Section 3-22 entitled “Town Clerk,
Treasurer and Collector”
·
Ordinance 1041 to implement a
transition plan for the implementation of a City Manager form of
government
ATTEND, BECOME
INFORMED!
BRING A FRIEND
AND NEIGHBOR!
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West End Citizens
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From:
Steve Rideout [mailto:swrideout@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 6, 2014 8:18 AM Subject: City Manager Matters - 1st reading of the City Manager Charter Proposals
Dear Group:
This coming Monday, November 10th at 7:00 p.m. at the
COUNTY BOARD meeting room (enter from the rear of the county building), our
City Commissioners will take up the first reading of the proposed charter with
some modifications that we developed based on public comment at the public
hearing in early October and one written detailed list of concerns filed by a
citizen.
I am attaching to this email the responses that we
developed to the concerns raised in the written response. I am also attaching
the final proposed version of the City Manager Charter 3-39 that shows what we
changed and did not change from the one previously
submitted.
The written response that had some detail appears to seek
to gut the original proposal. The attached response tries to explain the
reasoning behind each section and why it was written in the way that it
was.
I hope that these are helpful.
Having you at this meeting will be helpful to this effort.
Each time there is a meeting on the topic of the city manager it seems that
something new pops up, so having supporters there is always
helpful.
Thanks for your continued support.
Steve
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From:
Kathy Foster - Cambridge City Hall [mailto:kfoster@choosecambridge.com]
Subject: Public Hearing - Monday Oct 20
Public
Hearing
The Cambridge
City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, October
20th at 6:00 pm in the Dorchester County Library (303 Gay Street)
for the purpose of receiving public input and comments on the Unified
Development Code. The UDC is the proposed zoning ordinance that will replace
the current one that was adopted in 2003. The proposed UDC can be viewed on the
City’s website www.choosecambridge.com.
Kathryn
Foster
Cambridge
City Hall
410-228-1211
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From:
Steve Rideout [mailto:swrideout@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 7:46 AM Subject: City Manager Matters - the day after
Dear Cambridge Citizens and Friends of
Cambridge:
I waited to send this email to take some time to reflect on
last evening's work session regarding the city manager
proposal.
It was certainly a great night for Cambridge but it is not
the end of this effort to achieve better, more efficient, more effective,
fairer, and economically sound government for this
community.
I am thankful for everyone who came last night or sent
emails or spoke to the mayor or commissioners and am particularly thankful for
everyone who spoke either for or against the proposal. Last night is what
government is and should be about - the people letting their elected leaders
know their thoughts.
What I heard from most of those who spoke were reasonable
and legitimate issues of concern and some of which will make any changes to our
proposal even stronger than it currently is.
What was being discussed last night was a proposal, and
with all legislation there needs to be give and take on issues where there
is legitimate disagreement. I took notes on those issues and believe that we can
draft reasonable compromises that will not diminish or harm the underlying core
values of what is before the commissioners for decision.
At one point, for those who were not there, I briefly spoke
about the differences between leadership and management. What the City of
Cambridge received from 4 of our commissioners last night was leadership, and we
need to remember that when the next local election takes
place.
Attached is a slightly modified handout I provided last
evening for those who did not attend or did not get a copy last
evening.
For next steps, I spoke with Mr. Pinkett, who heads the
local NAACP chapter for Dorchester, and offered again to meet with him and
members of his organization to discuss this initiative. About a month ago I had
contacted him about meeting prior to last evening, but that could not be
arranged. I hope that you will send a letter to the editor of our local papers
expressing your views, whatever they may be, as this discussion needs to
continue so that as many people in Cambridge understand the benefits that will
come to the entire community when we have a city manager on
board.
All the best.
Steve
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