Word: duehay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Councillor Edward N. Cyr and Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72, both members of the CCA, voted with the four Independents on the council to extend the contract Councillors Francis H. Duehay '55, Jonathan S. Myers and Alice K. Wolf voted against the contract...
...Duehay, who also said he was a supporter of the city manager, said he opposed the contract because of its length. "I actually was prepared to vote for a one-year extension of the contract," he said...
...Duehay said he favored a one-year contract because it was long enough for the manager to complete his work but short enough to hold the manager accountable for his actions...
...felt that there were some urgent issues that had to be paid attention to and I think that giving him a year would have given him ample time," Duehay said...
...Duehay opposed a two year contract is particular because it makes the contract expire on an election year. He says this makes it practically impossible to replace a city manager that has not been working up to the council's expectations...