Town Hall meeting Monday to talk about city manager

Havre City Council President Andrew Brekke will convene a Town Hall Meeting Monday at 7 p.m. in Havre City Hall to talk about the proposal on the November ballot to have Havre switch to a city manager-council form of government.

The existing form of the Havre government, a form provided by the city says, is broken into three branches:

City Council, legislative branch

• Governing body of the city

• Deliberates and adopts all ordinances and resolutions

• Adopts city budget

• Advises and consents to mayoral appointees of department heads and boards

Mayor, executive branch

• Chief executive and administrative officer

• Enforces ordinances

• Presides at council

• Appoints boards

• Appoints/supervises department heads

• Appoints/supervises city staff

• Prepares budget

• Executes bonds/contracts

City judge, judicial branch

• Appoints/supervises clerk of court

• Presides over city court

Under the proposed manager-council form of government, four branches would exist:

City council, legislative branch

• Governing body of the city

• Deliberates and adopts all ordinances and resolutions

• Adopts city budget

• Advises and consents to mayoral appointees of department heads and boards

• Appoints/supervises city manager

City manager, executive branch

• Chief executive and administrative officer

• Enforces ordinances

• Appoints/supervises department heads

• Appoints/supervises city staff

• Prepares budget

• Executes bonds/contracts

Mayor, executive branch

• Ceremonial head of government

• Presides at council

• Appoints boards

City judge, judicial branch

• Appoints/supervises clerk of court

• Presides over city court

This proposed change will be discussed and questions will be answered at Monday’s meeting.