Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-30
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ernment also closely approxImates to
the best type Of democratic gov
crnment the legislative body being the
Council, the Judiciary and independent
of the Council and the city manage. being
appointed by higher authority and being
the executive to whom all department
heads .epo,-t, represented by the city
manager Any city manageHmp form u
government less complete than this VIII
not give complete satisfaction.
Speaking of the city 0f Wilmington,
Colonel Jorvey said that from his observa-
tions. material deficient IN Wilmington
seems To be lack of satisfactory paving IN
many parts of The cIty, lack of imposing
public buildings and the usual trouble
with finances He said that satisfactory
paving can only be secured by the ASSESS
ment ON abutting owners Beautiful
buildings md parks and their future
maintenance should be provided for 10y.
city planning commisalon. Finances oan
bc gotten in p' ope~ shape by lr.ttutinR n
budget system md sticking to it
Current revenue, he said, should only
be- used ior culont expenses. All pcrma-
ncnt IMPROVEMENTS ahould be provided
for hv n bond issue and provision made Tor
pnying bond during the life of tho nm
provCmenis, rs it. ~ fatal IN u poCunlary
sense to use proceeds of bond ISSUES Tor
current cxpcuscs. He SAID that II would be
difficult 10 educate the people Of the CITY
tn the advantages 0f the city manager form
of government. rs many excuses VIII be
advanced but these he snld can he met
hv argument and propaganda
Colonel lcrvcv sRid that III spite OF oil
excuses and uh5taclCs TINT the campaign
fur city manager should be continued and
that ultimately it will meet with sue
cpSs
j Colonel Jcrvcy spoke Of tho old, IN
| wIcldy form Of government, winch he said
/ fuuctlnncd badly nud was poorly co-or-
/ dinatrd. lie discussed the appointment OF
! committees of council under the old form
/ of oity government declaring that al
! though the men - appointed were the
/ b,st iutentinncd mru. that they were un
attcd through thor method ~ choice
/ training and experience for the dutle'
i ihcv were attempting - perform
4 Under the city manager plan, there are
+ departments oG 6rgucc law, public works
/ public safety and m case II y Ceaslty public
utilities Each of these he sad ls hcadco
IN competent speclalst, appointed bN
and responsible to the Citv manager
Ia Portsmouth. Colonel lcrvcy anIf
| that the legal and financial dcrartmont'
of thc ritv government arc not placed ~
law under the cltv manopcr hut that IN
heads ~ these departments have pIac"c
themselves under hia direction amt have
cn-operatc,l with hun ID the fullest extent
As III the results accomplished y
Portsmouth. Cul.ucl Jcrvry said that b.
haa lecu lu office hut two months an
that ~ cannot show much To his persona
credit Vet lIc said that ~ September
when ~ assumed his duties ~ Ports
mouth there were 20 different depart
mcut head. all reporting 70 the city Inan
ager Those. he said. have hcen consol,
dated into fout departments, with
director or acting director NJ the hcad 2
each department The four arc publi
works. uuhUc safety public welfare an
ru,Ec utlhtics lic said that The severn
subdivisions are fun,ttonlwE satisfactory
vith increasing snanthucss AZ time grc
on Colonel lcrzCl eald that lndlvidua
and Joint conferences are held week y
while weekly inspections are made oi eac
department With the department heao
Nu forage and GRIM AZ the city stahlc'
Cal-neI Jcrvev sayR hc hae c'tcciri
SAVING of 5000 month hy placing th
animals Oh the army ration allowance