How and to what extent does the City Manager participate in policy determination?
The City Manager makes recommendations to the City Council on many matters, which require Council action, but his opinions and recommendations are seldom released to newspapers in advance of Council consideration. The City Council may or may not adopt his recommendations and may change or modify them. The City Manager is bound by whatever action the Council takes. When the City Council has acted affirmatively on a policy or program, the City Manager, as an administrative duty, may join the Council in communicating and “selling” the policy to the Community. Mayor and City Council

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1. What is the Council / Manager Plan?
2. Why is it called the “Council / Manager Plan” rather than the “Manager Plan”?
3. How does it differ from other forms of government?
4. In what ways is the City Council so “extremely strong”?
5. What are the City Manager’s powers?
6. How and to what extent does the City Manager participate in policy determination?