Reaction, part II

Last night's post has received a few comments. I would like to address one of those comments in part now:

"As a concerned citizen of Dayton you may have missed an important point tonight. While it is correct that the amendment has given hiring and firing authority to the Park and Rec Board, it also gives the City Council veto authority over the hiring and firing decisions. If effect it give the City Council a safety net if they disagree with the Board decisions. "

First of all, thank you for your comment. I appreciate all of the comments I have received these past few days to all of my postings.

I was planning on talking about the amendment a little bit more today since I did not cover it very much last night. Generally speaking, the board will have hiring and firing power at the golf course. The amendment gives a council member the power to object to a hiring decision of the Park & Recreation Board within 3 days of that hiring decision. In that case, the hiring decision goes before the city council where the city council can either uphold or overrule the council member's objection. There must be a majority vote of the city council in order to overrule the council member's objection to the hiring decision.

I will take up a few of your other points later today. Again, thank you for your comment.