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Local Government Review Commission member Perry Atchison, from left, and commission Chair Dave Brewer listen to Havre City Council President Andrew Brekke speak Tuesday in City Hall during a public hearing about the commission's recommendation to switch Havre from its mayor and city council form of government to a city manager and commission.
Havre's Local Government Review Study Commission held their final public hearing Tuesday night, a week before ballots will be counted, and it will be determined whether Havre will change the form of government it has had since 1891.
The commission recommended the city put on the ballot a proposal to change the form of government from mayor-city council to manager-commission.
City Council member Terri Lilletvedt, who was in the audience, said that throughout the years Havre has had great mayors who have managed the city for scant pay, but the manager position is something voters need to conside...
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