Who Should Have to Live in the City to Work for It?
After an attempt to reduce the number of city managers who have to live here turned into a debate on whether any should, the discussion has continued with no action. It comes up again Tuesday.
Once again, the Common Council's Committee on Employee Relations will take up a debate Tuesday night that seems to go on and on: Which, if any, city employees ought to be required to live here? The residency requirement for Wauwatosa department managers at certain levels is among the more stringent among municipalities in the metropolitan area, and over the years, relaxing the rules has been discussed a number of times with no action taken. Earlier this year, the question appeared to have gathered steam toward a large reduction in the positions requiring residency. After initial discussions in July seemed to lean in favor of doing away with residency for all but a few department heads, of police, fire and public works, Assistant City …
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Mark
11:03 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Dedication to the job has absolutely nothing to do with where you live. So lets get real and get rid of this antique rule more ›