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<p class="MsoNormal">Audrey – <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am reminded by the irony in life often that it is hard not to smile. Shortly after resigning I received the following email from the municipality of Cottage City. They decided to handle the question of changing the structure of government
in a very open and transparent fashion – letting the voters decide how they wanted to be represented.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The vote last night did not change operationally how we were ‘supposed’ to be governed. Our Town Administrator, since 1983 when ICMA our town as a General Manager form of government, was codified in our Charter as the Town’s Chief Operating
Officer. A COO in any organization is responsible for the day-to-day administration and operation of the town. The justification for the need to change was always flawed since our Charter already assigned the day-to-day operational responsibilities not to
the Mayor but Town Administrator. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The vote last night did however change who the Chief Financial Officer is. The CFO used to be the Mayor, responsible for the financial management of the town – now it will be a Town Administrator/Manager. In 40 days, the current financial
issues of the town are no longer the Mayor’s responsibility but that of a Town Administrator/Manager the town hires.
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<p class="MsoNormal">JWE<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">___________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Dear Citizens of Cottage City,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Board of Elections would like to thank the citizens of Cottage City for their participation in the 2016 Commission Election! The members of the Board of Election Supervisors for
the election held in the Town of Cottage, Maryland, Monday, May 2, 2016, hereby certify that the results of said election were as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WARD 2 CANDIDATES:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Frederick Hill: 44 votes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">WARD 4 CANDIDATES:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Sheila Butler: 51 votes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The survey questions are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BALLOT QUESTION #1 -Shall the Cottage City Commission explore a change of government other than the current commission form?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-AGAINST; 45<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-FOR; 28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BALLOT QUESTION #2 -My preference is the following form of municipal government for Cottage City? (Vote For only one)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-Commission based; 42<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-Mayor/Council based; 25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-Council/Manager based; 5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BALLOT QUESTION #3 -Shall the day of the Cottage City regular election be changed from the first Monday of May to the first Saturday of May?
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-AGAINST; 37<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-FOR; 25<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">BALLOT QUESTION #4 - Non-citizens who are legal residents of the U.S. and the Town shall be permitted to vote in Cottage City municipal elections?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-AGAINST; 34<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">-FOR; 32<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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