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• <br /> 410 <br /> execute the budget as passed by the legislative body, <br /> then you don' t: nave an executive. <br /> The council-manager form has no separation of powers . The <br /> council is responsible for all activities ; adminjstrative and <br /> legislative. There is separation of function between legislature <br /> and administrator but the manager has no power' at all. lie does <br /> what the council tells him or he gets, fired. <br /> . (MrJames distributed copies of statistical material taken <br /> from the Municipal Yearbook: the form of governmc:.at in cities <br /> over 5 ,000; nu aur of ci? s that have mayor-council form, etc . ; <br /> . salaries of municipal officials ; types and methods of council <br />• managers elected; powers and selection of mayors , other in- . <br /> formation.) <br /> • <br /> Arakaki: Will you elaborate more on the various commissions-- <br /> advisory and semi,-autonomous as applied to strong-mayor and <br /> council? <br /> James: This is a matter of definition. If you' re going to <br /> have a strong mayor, manager form of government, then this is <br /> weakened to the extent that if you have any autonomous boards <br /> and commissions—it is true that many utilities are operated <br /> wider boards and co: J.ssionns- but you can' t really say that <br /> • your mayor or manager is responsible for the operation of the <br /> city when one of the big county functions is practically outside <br /> • his control. As you have •this you' re falling quite a ways <br /> short of this executive type of government. <br /> The advisory agency-nothing is .wrong except that they usually <br /> don' t do very much. • - <br /> K.oc n.en: Do you have any experience or research information <br /> available on this council-manager form in the case of counties <br /> In existence in the United States? <br /> James: - All I have is a general idea about it, Orange County <br /> has a manager—this is rather exceptional case- because this is <br /> a big city and therefore it has to be incorporated . There is <br /> also Petroleum County in Montana;who is also the county assessor, <br /> county treasurer, county sheriff, by special state law. I don' t <br /> know whether it works or not . <br /> Loweth: Dr. Markey delineated the areas procedural and <br /> political and seemed to rely quite heavily that in local <br /> situation things are procedural, not political. <br /> James: I can' t imagine a situation that doesn' t have both-- <br /> e.g. , building this new county building in a given site: this <br /> would be procedural sort of thing. Preceding this , where you' re <br /> going to put• it, if you happened to be an elected political <br /> • officer and ou do have somethingtoabout: it, this would <br /> ysay <br /> not be procedural at all. Once you set pattern it is procedural , <br /> e.g. , Board of Water Supply rates , collections . <br /> Nagasako: In terms of success or failure of city manager type <br /> • of government you did mention the small city situation, the <br /> large city situation. Will you describe the community situation <br /> in which there are factors_ which will bearon the success or <br /> failure of city manager form of, government? <br /> • Yames : I have to do it largely by intuition and speak in <br /> generalities . In the large city—it may be a function of <br /> dominance within the state—council-manager form of government <br /> would be very difficult to administer in Honolulu because <br />