April 23, 2008

Minor favors new management position

City Councilor Craig Minor said he has always favored a town manager, "whatever they want to call it."
"This cost me the union endorsement last November," he pointed out.
He said, though, "I am concerned that the qualifications" for the proposed chief operating officer "are lower than I think they should be, and I have asked the Charter Revision Commission to consider beefing them up."
"Regardless of how that turns out, however, I feel that the residents of Bristol should get the chance to vote on this." Minor said.
He added that he was told "this is the fourth time a Charter Revision Commission has recommended some form of town manager. The other three times it was shot down by the City Council and never got onto the ballot."

For those keeping score:
For the chief operating officer - Cockayne, Minor
Opposed, but willing to let public decide - Ward
Opposed - Rimcoski
Unknown - McCauley, Nicastro, Block

I'd be surprised if all three of the unknowns would vote to block the proposal entirely. It looks pretty likely that voters will have the final say.

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16 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'd be surprised if all three of the unknowns would vote to block the proposal entirely. It looks pretty likely that voters will have the final say.
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I see someone is still easily surprised when it comes to Bristol politicians .

Steve Collins said...

Unfortunately, they rarely surprise me. :(

Anonymous said...

How come Mike Rimcoski's article has not been published on the blog?

Steve Collins said...

It was published on the blog yesterday at 2:26 in the afternoon. Here's the link:
http://bristolnews.blogspot.com/2008/04/no-to-chief-operating-officer-says.html

Anonymous said...

Minor: there is a big difference between a Town Manager and a COO as proposed.
You should know that.

Anonymous said...

I think your point is that if we adopt this "COO" charter amendment, Bristol will still have a council-mayor form of government, not council-manager. I agree. But it's a step in the right direction and will give us the professional management that a city of Bristol's size needs.

Anonymous said...

Good decision Craig. I think you're right on target.
Don't let the "naysayers" get you down.

Anonymous said...

Apparently Craig Miner wants this position created so Zoppo can have a new job

Anonymous said...

2009:
Time to stop moving back-Ward!!

Anonymous said...

AT LEAST MINOR CANT THINK FOR HIM SELF.

Anonymous said...

They threw this COO position together on a whim with no real thought put into it. It's a lame attempt at making the public believe that they are doing something to manage their tax dollars, when really it could end up being a very expensive trial and error.

Anonymous said...

What an ignorant, insulting this to say about the men and woman who answered their city's call and spent countless hours of their private time trying to do what's best. If you don't like the COO, that's your prerogative, but you do not have the right to demean these people.

Anonymous said...

April 23, 2008 8:40 PM;

Well that's what you get from "ignorant, insulting" Colapietro-crats.

Anonymous said...

What does COO stand for?

Anonymous said...

April 24, 2008 4:06 PM

In my business it's Chief Orifice Officer.

Anonymous said...

Minor is for a COO and aginst Spas.

I say he has it backwards!