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• <br />FINAL <br />LANGUAGE FOR BALLOT <br />1. Should all county officers --mayor, county council, and prosecuting attorney --be <br />elected in nonpartisan elections, with no party identification appearing on the <br />ballot? <br />2. Should the managing director be given additional responsibilities over ',all county <br />departments and agencies, and be confirmed by the county council? <br />3. Should there be a fire commission to appoint the fire chief and advise the fire <br />department? <br />4. Should the solid waste, wastewater, and recycling programs of the county be <br />transferred from the department of public works to a new department of <br />environmental management, with a new environmental management'commission? <br />5. Should members of boards and commissions whose terms expire continue in <br />office for ninety days if successors have not been appointed and confirmed? <br />6. Should the duties and positions of the safety coordinator's office be transferred to <br />the department of civil service, and the safety coordinator's office then'be <br />abolished? <br />7. Should the title of the chief engineer be changed to "director of public works," <br />and should there be stronger qualifications for the following officers: ' <br />• director of research and development <br />• director of parks and recreation <br />• planning director <br />• director of public works <br />• managing director <br />• manager of department of water supply? <br />8. Should the police department have a statement of policy, and the police <br />commission be required to review the operations of the dei .artment and to perform <br />an annual evaluation of the chief of police? <br />9. Should the water commission be renamed the water board, and one board member <br />be a resident of each county council district? <br />10. Should the salary commission set the compensation for all appointed directors and <br />deputy directors of departments and executive agencies? <br />