Arlington Heights, Barrington, Bloomington, Brookfield, Carbondale, Carpentersville Centralia, Champaign, Charleston, Clarendon Hills, Collinsville, Crystal Lake, Decatur, Deerfield, DeKalb, Des Plaines, Downers Grove, Elgin, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, Elmwood Park, Evanston, Galesburg, Glencoe, Glenview, Greenville, Highland, Highland Park, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Homewood, Joliet, Kenilworth, Kewanee, LaGrange, LaGrange Park, Lake Forest, Libertyville, Lombard, Lyons, Maywood, Mount Prospect, Mt. Vernon, Naperville, Niles, Normal, Northbrook, Northfield, Northlake, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, Olney, Orland Park, Palatine, Paris, Park Forest, Park Ridge, Peoria, Princeton, Riverside, Rochelle, Rock Island, Rolling Meadows, Salem, Savanna, Skokie, Sterling, Streator, Sycamore, Villa Park, Westchester, Western Springs, Wheaton, Wheeling, Wilmette, Winnetka, Wood Dale, Wood River, Woodstock.
Each are managed by a professional city manager who reports to an elected mayor and/or city council. The mayor and city council set policy, plan for the future, and provide strategic direction for the professional manager. The manager takes care of the day-to-day operations and insures that the strategic directives set by the mayor and/or council are carried out.
Many of the municipalities on this list are among the most vibrant and successful in our state, and some are nationally recognized for their ability to provide their citizens with an exemplary quality of life.
As municipal governance becomes ever more complex and challenging, the need for experienced professional management is evident and necessary.
Isn’t it time for Freeport to explore how it might benefit from a “Council – Manager” form of government?
Monday, January 28, 2008
Sunday, January 27, 2008
In Pursuit of Professionalism
We would like to enlist your support for a committee to pursue a professional administration for Freeport’s city government.
The purpose of our committee will be to examine the prospects of a professionally trained experienced manager for our city. That administration will set budgets and operate our city on a daily basis. The elected city council, led by our Mayor, shall be free to focus their efforts on long-range strategic planning and policy establishment.
In the coming months, it will be our task to harvest as much guidance as we can from resources at NIU’s Department of Public Administration, city management consultants, city managers, and mayors working with city managers in nearby communities. From this guidance, we can structure our committee and formulate strategies for disseminating information throughout our community on the value and importance of professional city administration for Freeport.
The central objective will be to gain the support of our citizens and advance towards a referendum on the November 2008 ballot to change Freeport to a “council-manager” form of government.
The ongoing success of this transformation can be insured by the enthusiastic support of our Mayor, the City Council, and the majority of our citizens as we together move Freeport ahead in the years following November 2008.
Here are four key FAQs.
Q. Who hires the city manager? A. The city council.
Q. Who sets the compensation for the city manager, mayor, and city council? A. The city council.
Q. Who hires the city operations staff and sets their compensation? A. The city manager with the approval of the mayor and city council.
Q. Who establishes the budget for our city? A. The city manager prepares the budget for final approval by the mayor and council.
Internet references sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Manager
http://www.icma.org/main/sc.asp
http://www.mpa.niu.edu/pub_ad/about_us/advisoryboards.shtml
The purpose of our committee will be to examine the prospects of a professionally trained experienced manager for our city. That administration will set budgets and operate our city on a daily basis. The elected city council, led by our Mayor, shall be free to focus their efforts on long-range strategic planning and policy establishment.
In the coming months, it will be our task to harvest as much guidance as we can from resources at NIU’s Department of Public Administration, city management consultants, city managers, and mayors working with city managers in nearby communities. From this guidance, we can structure our committee and formulate strategies for disseminating information throughout our community on the value and importance of professional city administration for Freeport.
The central objective will be to gain the support of our citizens and advance towards a referendum on the November 2008 ballot to change Freeport to a “council-manager” form of government.
The ongoing success of this transformation can be insured by the enthusiastic support of our Mayor, the City Council, and the majority of our citizens as we together move Freeport ahead in the years following November 2008.
Here are four key FAQs.
Q. Who hires the city manager? A. The city council.
Q. Who sets the compensation for the city manager, mayor, and city council? A. The city council.
Q. Who hires the city operations staff and sets their compensation? A. The city manager with the approval of the mayor and city council.
Q. Who establishes the budget for our city? A. The city manager prepares the budget for final approval by the mayor and council.
Internet references sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Manager
http://www.icma.org/main/sc.asp
http://www.mpa.niu.edu/pub_ad/about_us/advisoryboards.shtml
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