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CREIGHTON, VAider mank caeAdeie Da*, dWe*s* at the Tows Hal] me**. ng Thursday n.ght claimed th* Bra ©-lt;*: f 'hamher of Ganrrarre repar* or civjt admin , strut ion u r«* worth the pap»T * * »ntte -«*r and Challenged Mayor J -?r -t mgfitoe or *rlt;or,» * lt;to a or, .1Thu »a» one up* hat of t ** rsmbhng mutm ««■.lt;* 12a,lt;Jerr*.ar, hoprtu ;• M* -Creighton »hr, 1% *-lt;iur,£ re • . -or prmu-n’ed „ ■f-.at/orf: • and ? ilt; irjftj q lt;,{ r from ’he audier.*« • * t-ia adi’or, :•The T#»n Halt Kiflht vpr' ••red by the Br*r:tfoei Juno' Chamber it Commerce * at thehr»f *4 t« be held beforeTuesday * dot elect 0*. Abe-.-*tid persons after did. The second maa»in§, featuring scnooi beard cand dates and mayoralty Hopeful Char lei Wilton, is vet fir | p m *•« 9M at City Hatl aud V.vm,Mr Mem* runn.njr again-t Barry Neill or the one-year aidermamc ticket. came out .n favor of a city manager form of gosernnnat Mayor Creighton opposed the jdea The recent Chamber of Commerce report opposed adopt or:j of the cjfy manager scheme ' recommended instead a rr fied version of the present I of administration.Mr Se»0 toid the crowd he * a.* for tn« city manager ideaMayor Creighton after the meeting said he wouldn't hclt;» late at the chance to debate the a*ar with Mr WeissTd make him look had, be saidMr. Went sa*d City council should strike a committee get a report 00 possifc oties of the city mensgor plan. The chamber report was inadequate because it was based largely on « study of Loth-br dge, Alta., at an example olt; the plan. No real comparison exult between that city and Brandon, he said.Mayor Creighton sa.d l-W ■t’O. pegged in the chamber report a* a probable annual cost of a city manager, was too much to pay An auditorium could be built ui Brandon for that much money he -aid The mayor argued that efficient civk administration could be carried out by a competent council and a good mayor **Mr Veil! va d Brandon m,ght be ah.e to establish th» city,manager system for less than the *30 000 being paid by Lethbridge He said combination of a smaller council and a crty manager could save the city moneySalaries of aldermen could be reduced by $300. he added Amtid Cook. try mg for a two- year form, claimed the work of th* mayor and aldermen is unduly exacting and detailed. An independent commission should make a *ar-fher 'complete study jf civic administration to discover how mon efficiency can Se reachedAid James Campbell ignited a hot verba! exchange when he slid last year s Rideau Park swimming pool bylaw was defeated after a rr.an came up ’ with the ;dea of building a P«i j himself *’| Where is thi- man's pool now?'' a-ked Aid Campbell referring to a p an of Mr Weiss to build a pool in A«siniboine Parg Mr Wt ss, now supporting a program of community - t\,,. pools throughout the city, - i
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Brandon Daily Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Fri, Oct 23, 1959
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