Of the nine members of the council, six have supported amending the City Charter to create a city manager position, a job that would put a political appointee in charge of the city's 18 department heads.
The changes to the council also put a proposed tax cap - a measure that would limit how much the city could increase tax revenue per year - far short of the support it needs to pass.
Both charter amendments were put before voters in petition drives, but both failed to...
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