Ex-deputy clerk worries about manager form of gov't

The city manager form of government would be advantageous to Havre, former Deputy Clerk Annette Sweeney told the city’s Study Commission Monday night.

But she’s afraid that adding a city manager would be cost-prohibitive.

The three-member panel that is deciding whether to recommend a change in the form of the city’s government has been talking to department heads and city managers, garnering input on the way the city operates.

Sweeney has retired, but members thought her 23 years experience in city government would be helpful.

A manager could “take politics out of the day-to-day operations,” s...