Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1915 — CITY MANAGER PLAN GROWS [ARTICLE]

CITY MANAGER PLAN GROWS

The Commission Form of City Government Being Carried a Step Forward. Though the so-called commission form of municipal government had Its origin In Galveston, lowa has done much to popularize the idea. The Dea Moines plan of commission rule, which is a modification of the Galveston plan, has been much advertised. Several other cities of Iqwa have the same syatem In operation. , Thq city manager plan, which is simply the commission plan carried & step further, is believed by many to represent the best thought on the subject of city government. Under this plan the commission chooses an executive officer to carry out Its policies and holds him responsible for results obtained, whereas under the simple commission plan the commissioners divide the administrative responsibility among themselves, each commissioner taking the headship of a department of municipal service. lowa has shown its progressiveness by making it possible for cities of that state to add the city manager feature to the commission plan. An enactment of the legislature at its recent sessions permits cities governed by commissions to adopt the city manager feature by popular vote.