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minutes 12-08-99Page 19 of 31 <br />years and years and years and years and years, forty years back, and it’s one continuous circle. I don’t know how long you <br />people have lived here. I’ve lived here ten years, but coming from where I did, I can see so much difference here, and I love <br />this place. I love it. The wife loves it. But, as far as the way it’s run, to me, it’s unbelievable. <br />IRVINE: Sir, I read this Charter you gave us. Were there any qualifications for this County Manager? <br />J. OTTERSON: Oh, yes. <br />IRVINE: It says here that the process for selection of City Manager shall be determined by the City Council. That might be <br />done by ordinance, rather than in the Charter, because in their Charter, it doesn’t say it has to be a professional city planner, <br />or anything. I’m looking at the Riverside - <br />J. OTTERSON: Section 600? <br />IRVINE: Right. <br />J. OTTERSON: Okay. Powers and duties. ‘The City Manager shall be the head of the Administrative Branch of the City <br />government. The City Manager shall be responsible to the City Council for the proper administration of all affairs of the City. <br />All department heads and officers of the City except elective officers and those department heads and officers, the power of <br />whose appointment is vested, this Charter and the City Council shall serve the pleasure of the City Manager, who may <br />appoint, suspend’ - Okay, I’m in the wrong place here. <br />RAY: She was looking for the actual qualifications of the City Manager type. <br />J. OTTERSON: That’s what I say. I’m in the wrong place. <br />M. HERKES: It’s not in the Charter. <br />IRVINE: It’s not in the Charter, I think, and that’s what - <br />J. OTTERSON: ‘There shall be a City Manager who shall be Chief Administrative Officer.’ <br />IRVINE: It gives his powers and duties but it doesn’t say he or she has to be a certified city planner or anything like that, that <br />I can see, and I suppose maybe the Council had some criteria. Our Commission is looking at the possibility of setting some <br />criteria for our Managing Director. We have a subcommittee on that. If you, or your wife, know whether there were any <br />criteria, our Commission would be interested. <br />RAY: In other words, what professional standards do they set for a City Manager. <br />J. OTTERSON: It’s there, I know. <br />N. OTTERSON: Well, it’s not in the Charter. That’s something that the Council had. <br />RAY: Right, I’m sure they do. So that type of language would be helpful as far how encompassing or restrictive it is, is <br />something we’d really be interested in. <br />M. HERKES: Is this something you’re thinking of putting in our Charter? <br />RAY: Well, we’re looking for language in regard to the Managing Director position. <br />M. HERKES: Are we looking for professional criteria in regards to the Managing Director in order to put in the Charter? <br />RAY: I think we’re open to that input, certainly. <br />J. OTTERSON: It’s there. I just can’t find it right now. I thought I had everything scored. <br />file://\\coh01\cohweb\council\charter_commission\minutes\minutes 12-08-99.html7/1/2011 <br /> <br />