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• <br /> Koehnen: Didn' t: you say that the department heads would norm- <br /> ally be under Civil Service and he can still hire and fire <br /> them? <br /> • <br /> Markey o Yes , you can fire people under Civil Service. Civil <br /> Service doesn' t guarantee a person a job . This is a policy <br /> which the council here has chosen to put into effect. Aa <br /> • long as he remains on the job, Civil Service only means that <br /> ho is hired on. the basis of merit and he is guaranteed certain <br /> conditions <br /> • Loweth: Re budgetary item. If the city manager presents his <br /> program and thereby draws up the budget, is he working more <br /> closely in this with the council or mayor? <br /> • <br /> Markey: It depends on the role of the mayor. In a true <br /> city manager form, the mayor is just another council member® <br /> He is not a full-time executive. The mayor is just the spokes- <br /> man for the council . The City Manager would work for his <br /> program and then present this program to his council, but the <br /> council has the final say. When the council makes a determina- <br /> tion of what shall be, then it' s his job to put into effect. <br /> Koehnen: Can you rationalize a system of checks and balances <br /> into this? It seems that you don' t have the same checks and <br /> balances that you do with strong-mayor and council where strong <br /> mayor has the power to veto. <br /> Markey: The council will have the power to veto anything the <br /> City i�iana ger does , So, the check is there. When certain <br /> standards are set up, if the charter says so, then tie are <br /> presented to the council as policy. Once the policy has been <br /> set, it is the City Nanr ger' s business to carry it out <br /> Node: Actually, there is only a one-way che.ch--in the sense <br /> that there is no administrator with the power to override or <br /> veto any council action. Let' s say as in a strong-mayor form <br /> where the mayor- has the power, in certain instances , to <br /> veto <br /> certain actions of the council. <br /> tl <br /> Markey: Yes , the mayor is acting then as administrator, but <br /> then the council may override his veto. <br /> Noda: The City Manager doesn' t go through the veto process? <br /> Market: No, he doesn' t have this power. <br /> Kawahara: Re budget--when you say that manager presents a <br /> program, would this program be only the operating budget or <br /> include the capital improvement budget? <br /> Markey: It usually includes both. It depends on whether <br /> the jurisdiction separates its capital improvement budget <br /> from its general budget. It will depend on what the council <br /> says to the city manager—whether to set up capital improve- <br /> • ment budget for the next 10 years , or a year to year basis . <br /> Kawahara: Could you cite some examples where they do set <br /> up this vast capital improvement program? <br /> Markey: Los Angeles sets up capital improvements on a 10- <br /> year basis . A capital improvement budget should be a long term <br /> thing, so it depends on policies of the city and county <br /> Capital -improvements cost a lot of Money , and you have to <br /> plan to spend that much money. • <br />