Dixon's first city administrator: Taking job ‘worth the risk’
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Why am I posting this hire of David Nord as a City Administrator in Dixon IL ?
Prior to Mayor Harl setting up our own Administrative Task Force, he spoke at a council meeting and said he had been to Dixon and talked to people in the administration and the fact that they had a task force which worked for 18 months (believe this is correct) and then decided to hire an Administrator. Now we have a play on words or simply misunderstandings, the new hire David Nord is listed on the city web site as City Manager and he does have a degree from NIU and also previous experience in government. They got results and we got more of the same.
Also they hired a Superintendent of Public Works or should I say the City Manager hired the super because his job allows him to do that. Sounds like the City Manager will be up for evaulation next and to be hired or not within the next year.
http://www.saukvalley.com/2015/09/25/dixon-hires-public-works-director/aaqef60/
6 comments:
Dixon voted for a change to the Council-Manager format of government.
8:14 PM
Should I assume that after the Tast Force recommended an Administrator that the Dixon City Council then changed their form of government to a City Manager-Council?
Dixon's task force recommended a change to the Council-Manager format. The council put it on the ballot and 76% of the voters approved it.
http://www.saukvalley.com/2014/11/04/burke-voters-spoke-loud-and-clear/afi8x0x/
Lois - the article is using the wrong word. He is a City Manager. That is the format that Dixon switched to.
Harl's task force was not allowed to investigate a city manager. It was a set up from the beginning.
The task force team was set up with one and only one purpose - to recommend or not to recommend a city administrator for Peru.
Why are a few having difficulty in accepting this?
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