HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978 07-13 Miller takes job in Iowa THE DISPATCH 'Thurs.,July 13, '78 St. Paul Dispatch
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By MARY JANE SAUNDERS 1
Staff Writer
Michael G. Miller,Maple- I • ' U§ler .
wood city manager since 1970,
. has accepted a new position as ; Continued from Page 1 (E)
city manager
of Council : spent developing normal admin-
Bluffs,Iowa. istrative record keeping prose-
The appoint- dures.That is—going from
handwritten financial records to
ment to the
` $35 000 job will computers.
�V be effective Miller said he has"gotten
'S` Aug. 21.His along as well as expected with
lresignation ' all mayors of Maplewood and
`''''''..k will be effec- council members.We've had our
tive Aug. 11, in differences of opinions from
in< _r E d 5 Maplewood. time to time but that's part of
Miller "THE OP- the democratic process."
PORTUNITY in Iowa seemed MAPLEWOOD MAYOR John
ideal,"Miller said in a telephone Greavu said in a telephone inter-
interview Tuesday. view Tuesday,"We've had our
Miller,who makes$29,100 in dissagreements.I figured some
day he was going to leave but I
Maplewood, has spent all his pro- was surprised it would come so
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He said he was unaware that
fessional career in the Midwest Miller was looking for another
—Minnesota,Missouri and job.He first learned from Miller
South Dakota—and wanted to Monday that he was leaving but
remain in the area. the resignation was not yet offi-
cial.
• Miller said,"I think I've
reached a point in my career in Greavu said lie will have to
Maplewood where I've accom- appoint someone as acting man-
plished pretty much what I ager until a replacement is
wanted to accomplish. found but"technically I can't
look for a replacement yet."
"I think the most important _
thing was developing the team
management approach for ad- r•--
ministrative organization. We've
been doing that about three
years now.
"Before that my time was
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