Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-21
BOULDER MAYOR
DESCRIBES CITY
MANAGER PLAN
Makes Address Here Under
Auspices Of Greater Pu~
eblo Association

That the city manager plan is a sue
cess in Boulder, Colo, was the asser-
tion of #. c. Moys, mayor of Boulder,
at a mass meeting held at the San 1sa-
bel room In the Congress. hotel last
night under the auspices of the Greater
Pueblo association. Ray Jewel, presi-
dent of the association, presided at the
meeting which was we'll attended.
Preceding Mr.. Moys' talk several
musical selections were given by Mrs.
kistler at the piano. and Miss Hughes
violin. Mrs. Kistler also sang two
solos, Garry Nc Back to Old Virginia
and Let the Rest of the World Go
BY"
Mr.. Moys said Boulder adopted tho
city manager plan four years ago. He
explained what this plan had done for
Boulder. a city of $1,000 population
Under this plan nine councilmen are
elected, who select one man from their
number to serve as mayor. In electing
a manager Mr. Moys said he must be
selected for his ability and tact and his
manner of meeting people. He said
municipal government is business
and not politics and the sooner city
realized this fact the better efficiency
and economy 1t would have in its city
government. II city would make
progress II must see that the right man
is employed or appointed as manager
under this plan. according to Mr.. Moys.
Under the city manager plan, he. said,
the city council exercises general sup
rvision over city affairs passes legis-
lation. all ordinances. etc: makes all
appropriations. fixes all salaries, ap-
points city auditor and city attorney
and all commissions. The manager
carries out or enforces all orders and
looks after the citys physical needs
he is the executive and administrative
head of the city government.
one OF the advantages as brought out
in Mr.. Moys talk was that under the
manager plan there is concentrated
authority. II anything Is wrong there
is one place to go to have the matter
righted. thus eliminating the passing
Of the buck'' which is so generally done
In city affairs under other plans. There
is a fixed responsibility and action Is
had Mr.. Moys compared the city
manager plan to the plan OF operation
OF any large corporation. saying 1t Sc
lectcd man for his ability to handle
tho job in an efficient and economical
way. Usually under other plans. he
said a man is elected who can pull the
mos, votes and usually runs for the
office because the salary looks attrac-
tive to him. whether hc has the ability
to fill tho office or not. Boulder
charter under tho manager plan Is ono
that is easily amended but there has
boen but one occasion to do so dnce
il has been In operation there since
1917, that being only a minor change In
the phraseology connected with the
issuing of bonds. Another advantage
Of the plan Mr.. Moys thinks is tho fact
that the manager may be discharged
only by majority vote of the coun-
ell. II the manager is not the right
man for the place there is no red tape
TO go thru with to discharge him.
Under the manager plan many things
have been accomplished for Boulder.
one OF tho principal ones being the fact
that maximum levy OF ten mills is
all that can be assessed for city pur-
poses and for the past four years this
has been tho levy. As compared to
other cities in the state Boulder's rate
IL thrce-Guarters lower. Pueblo's tax
ratio in 1917 was over IL mills. in 1918