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A roundup of city and county management related stories from around the country.

TX: Austin City Council votes to appoint T.C. Broadnax as next city manager at $470K salary He will be be paid a base salary of $470,017.60, almost a $50,000 increase from his salary in Dallas. This is also a nearly $82,000 raise from Austin’s former city manager Spencer Cronk’s base salary. Austin has 16,000 employees…

IL: Residents demand ‘Dolton Dictator’ Tiffany Henyard resign over sex assault, embezzlement scandals: ‘Worst mayor in America’ The Village of Dolton’s monthly board meeting descended into chaos as the swarm of 100 people banged on doors as dozens of others testified against Henyard, leading the four trustees to walk out. The board had been scheduled…

OH: Dayton raises spending authority for city manager, meaning more contracts will not require commission approval It’s about time the Dayton city manager gets treated like a grown-up. Shelley Dickstein had a shockingly low spending authority of just $10,000 before the governing body raised it. “The city of Dayton is now a $1 billion enterprise,”…

CA: Former deputy city manager sues city of Chula Vista over $199K in unpaid severance Eric Crockett, a former deputy city manager and director of economic development for Chula Vista, is suing the city, alleging the municipality owes him thousands of dollars in unpaid severance after he was fired in December. Crockett was told that…