If you’re in Oak Creek, like me, there is an election today. The mayor and city administrator want to turn the city clerk and city treasurer from elected to appointed positions, and already managed to get the Common Council to agree. Fortunately for us taxpayers, they had to do it via the Charter Ordinance route, and enough of us signed petitions to force this to a referendum:
– Shall Charter Ordinance No. 12, which provides that the method of selection of the City Clerk be by appointment by the Mayor, subject to cofirmation by a majority of the members of the Common Council, be enacted?
– Shall Charter Ordinance No. 13, which provides that the method of selection of the City Treasurer be by appointment by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members of the Common Council, be enacted?
I recommend NO votes on both questions. The current system has served this city very well for the last 52 years. If the positions become appointments, the pay required to attract “qualified” candidates will increase substantially for no appreciable benefit.
