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Five: Commit to Supporting the City Structure <br />•Tips to support City structure and avoid concerns & risks re: "role discipline": <br />Governing body members hold a fraction of the body's power, but that power can't <br />be exercised individually. <br />• Thus, think "We" ... not "I"! Acting in terms of "I" rather than "we" ...that's a red <br />flag. Another warning sign: "He/she/they did what?PP" <br />This commitment sometimes requires: Setting aside a personal agenda when there <br />is lack of support; accepting "the Council has spoken" though one preferred a <br />different outcome, and similar conduct in support of the Council as an institution. <br />Five: Commit to Supporting the City Structure <br />•Honor your Mayor -Council -Manager form of government: <br />Recognize the allocations of authority have legal effect and are there to "serve and <br />protect" you and the City (assuming everyone is committed to them). <br />Remember your Charter - Section 8.5. Council's Relationship to Employees. (in <br />part): "(b) Neither the Council nor any member of the Council shall dictate or <br />interfere with the appointment of, or the duties of, any City employee subordinate <br />to the City Manager, the City Attorney, or the Municipal Judge, or prevent or <br />interfere with the exercise of judgment in the performance of the employee's City <br />responsibilities. (c) A member of the Council may discuss any matter pertaining to <br />City operations with any employee, including the City Manager, but shall not give <br />any direct orders to any such employee" <br />5 <br />