Deposing the ‘strong mayor’
• Measure 2 initiative asks voters to decide if they would rather have borough manager
By Naomi Klouda
Homer Tribune
On an October 5 ballot initiative, Kenai Peninsula Borough voters will be asked to decide whether they are of a mind to depose of the strong mayor system, and hire a manager.
The ballot reads, “Shall the Kenai Peninsula Borough adopt a manager plan of government, effective upon certification of the regular October 2011 election, where the chief administrative officer is a manager appointed by the assembly, instead of the current form where the elected mayor runs the borough administration?”
The city or county manager form of government is used in 48.9 percent of American cities with a population of 2,500 or more, according to the International City/County Management Association. The manager position in this form of municipal government is similar to that of
