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a; City workings calm, says
A — acting manager Eric Blank
By KATHY HOLMES
3 I negotiated for the city,lasted for three "Its been a good team effort. The
$- Acting city manager and director of and a half months. people up here have been working
"" together on the nature center.Everyone's
Community Services Eric Blank said that The 1979 budget also has been a time- og y
. much of the city manager's work has been consuming task.It was underway whentrir
been cooperative and helpful," he ex-
` divided between the department heads. Michael Miller left last August and was ptained, adding that he was was well.
t ,,,, But Pauline Adams, program coor- adopted recently by the city council. trained in the team management ap-
,, dinator,said that Blank has been very Also,there are the bi-monthly council proach by Michael Miller.
busy and that they miss having him agendas that must be written and in- Some homework was done for Blank's
..:,. around the Community Services formation gathered for the various items. new part-time job. He did late night
rt department. "It seems to be pretty calm right now, reading on the Plan B form of city
tt Since Aug 14.Blank has been working We got the public works move made," government when he first assumed the
in this capacity for the city of Maplewood, Blank said. position of acting city manager.
BACK IN HIS office after a meeting downstairs,Eric Blank says that he's spending and he will continue until a new city "The next big thing around here will be "We're hoping to take a vacation and
more time at his own desk now,and is having the city mail brought there.Blank has manager is hired, probably until the next.manager,"Blank guessed. take off a couple of eeks atter they get a
been doubling as acting city manager for the city of Maplewood and director of February. There have been weeks this fall when new city manager," e sighed.Although a
Community Services since last August. Three projects have occupied much of Blank attended four or five night fall vacation to Ma'a was postponed for
IBlank's time in city management The meetings a week,"I was used to a lot of the Blank family,th are planning a trek
union negotiations, in which Blank meetings."he said. out east in the spri .