Council question: Is it time for a city administrator?

Dealing with the issues from the past is getting in the way of where Nashua needs to be was discussed at Tuesday evening’s City Council meeting.  Councilman Ryan Jung gave a presentation about “Getting to Where We Need to Be - Unlocking Nashua’s Potential” in which he asked what kind of a community does Nashua want to be and does Nashua need a city administrator?Only 37 percent of towns which have a population between 1,000 and 2,000 — Nashua is right around 1,600 — have a city administrator to help with the day to day.Currently none of Chickasaw County’s seven municipalities, including New Hampton, have a city administrator.A few of the duties of a city administrator would be to hire, recruit and prepare agendas just to name a few. These duties are currently done by the City Clerk and City Council members.“Fix the problems instead of tabling the problems,” said Jung. He believes digging out of the hole from the past should not be this much work for the current Council members.Jung presented a few issues which are not being dealt with in a timely manner and those included the Cedar Hill Development TIF (Tax-Increment Financing) which Nancy Demro has been trying to deal with between the city and county for a while now.  There are deadlines which need to be met and tax season is here again.For the complete story see the 9/15/2016 Nashua Reporter.