<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Hi Bob, </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">A couple of thoughts I wanted to make sure to follow up on. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">(1) If the town residents do not support this legislation, it's important to remember that the council can withdraw it. It is a proposal - and as with any proposal, now that we know what the proposal is, it's open for debate. If it turns out to be a bad idea, it won't become law. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">(2) I am wondering if I misunderstood your request for a "plan". If the proposed legislation itself (and I only excerpted 1 page from the 12 pages of legislation, so it's a very detailed proposal) isn't what you were referring to, I'm hoping you'll be able to help us understand what you mean by "plan". </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">-Sarah</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">p.s. Audrey - I looked on the town's website for information about salaries and couldn't find it. I don't know the laws about revealing that kind of information. I know that the salaries of employees of the State of Maryland are public, but I don't know what the law says about municipalities. Hopefully our elected officials can educate us. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">p.p.s. There is nothing in the legislation that mandates the Town Manager hire anyone else. The position of Town Administrator would be eliminated, and the Town Manager position would be created. Because there are more responsibilities and requirements associated with the Town Manager position, the person in that position would command a higher salary. I'm pretty sure (though he'll need to confirm this himself) that the 10% increase reflects that higher salary. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">p.p.p.s. I LOVE the idea of a town meeting to discuss all these issues with all the relevant and interested parties together in one room! </div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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