CLAYTON 鈥 A 狐狸视频 County councilman wants the council to consider a new form of government 鈥 one in which a professional manager would oversee daily business instead of an elected county executive.
Republican Councilman Mark Harder, of Ballwin, proposed on Tuesday putting the question before voters. He said too often the county executive and the council are 鈥渁t odds with each other,鈥 creating stalemates.
The change would hand day-to-day operations to a manager with degrees and qualifications in public administration. The manager would be tasked with preparing the budget, running departments and carrying out policies set by elected officials.
The idea came about most recently in 2019 following former County Executive Steve Stenger鈥檚 corruption scandal. A nonpartisan manager would, at least in theory, be less susceptible to political influence and corruption.
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But the panel studying potential changes to the setup of 狐狸视频 County government in 2019 decided against sending the measure to voters, with some members saying the county executive setup worked fine. Harder said it鈥檚 time to take another look.
鈥淚 want to get this discussion started again because what we have been doing isn鈥檛 working,鈥 Harder said in a news release.
Harder is running for Missouri Senate in the Aug. 6 primary election.