Council, Palesh need to resolve their concerns

Remember back to former city manager John Salomone's final year or so on the job?

The majority of council, unhappy with the direction Salomone was taking the city and concerned about a budget crisis, instituted strict spending rules that required the manager to get council approval for a wide range of spending and personnel moves. One could argue that system accelerated the deterioration of the relationship between Salomone and his bosses - the city councilors.

It's important for city councilors and current city manager Mark Palesh to avoid a repeat of that dark time for city government. That means the city council needs to allow Palesh to do his job, but Palesh needs to keep lines of communication open with all of the councilors.