City Manager and City Attorney

Our City Manager is the top contender for the City Manager's position in Dania Beach. This job pays between $140,000 to $160,000 per year with a population of 29,000 residents and a budget 1/3rd our size. Here he has been making $170,000 a year with a great benefits package overseeing 650 employees--well, sort of, when he shows up for work. He had a provision in his contract that he could take outside jobs. He even got around our residency requirement. That's about the smartest thing he did. At Dania Beach, he now won't have to worry about selling his house I guess.

Larry Karns has been the world's worst attorney. He is up tonight for a contract review. I wonder who helped him with this, Joan Oliva? He even has stated publicly, twice now, that the City Manager does not have to move here per our Charter. Oh, yes he does, Mr. Karns. To state it again--

From the City Charter--
Sec. 2-3. City manager and utility director residence requirement.

The city manager and utility director must establish a bona fide residence in the city, within six (6) months of appointment as city manager. A bona fide residence, for the purpose of this section, is a permanent domicile within the city which has not been adopted with the intention of again taking up or claiming a previous residence acquired outside of the city limits.

(Ord. No. 87-2, § 1, 1-19-87; Ord. No. 88-11, § 1, 5-16-88; Ord. No. 92-11, § 1, 5-4-92; Ord. No. 2006-20, § 1, 6-20-06)

Can we afford one more day of this guy?