Mattoon, Illinois Mayor Discusses Adopting the Council Manager Form of Government

Описание: In this video, Rick Hall, mayor or Mattoon, Illinois discusses the reasons he worked with his community to implement the Council-Manager form of government. As a retired business executive and longtime public sector volunteer, he articulates why long-term planning and an experienced professional manager to run the operations of the city where so important. He also discusses how the city leaders, including residents, businesses, and non-profits came together to organize a campaign focused on educating the community about the benefits of voting to change the form of government.

This video is a full-length interview of Mayor Mattoon’s excerpt in The Council Manager Form of Government Works Best (   • Council-Manager Form of Government Works Best  ) and is part of a complete library of resources (https://icma.org/page/council-manager...) which support communities as they work to retain or adopt the council manager for local governments ranging from small towns to large cities and counties.

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