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and it would help me if I had the staff backing me." she said.
The philosophical differences she and Watson have will probably not change, Francisco said. She said the city might need a managerial change eventually.
Under Watson's employment agreement, if the city fires him, he will receive a three-months separation notice and his full salary and benefits for that period.
Watson's 1963 salary will be $58,629.
Francisco said that if there had been a strong chance that the commission would not renew Watson's employment agreement it would have accepted the agreement at last week's executive session.
Shontz said she saw her abstention as "a compromise vote."
watson has been Lawrence's city manager for 12 years.
"I THINK THE commission-management form of government works best if the city manager changes every five or six years," Shontz said. "It's easy for the present manager to be controversial."
In the past six months, commissioners have voted twice about Watson's employment. In February, Commissioner Tom Gleason sent Watson a letter asking for his resignation. Watson responded by writing out 20 that the shortcomings they saw in his job performance could be worked out.
THE COMMISSIONERS have said that Watson has communicated poorly and that he had made changes in city ordinances, which they were not aware of at the time.
In April the mayor signed Watson's first employment agreement. That agreement will end Dec. 31, 1982. Yesterday, Watson said this was the first time in his 25 years of city managerial work that he has worked under an employment agreement.
Watson said he did not mind working under an employment agreement, because it ensured that he would receive notice of his termination.
He also said that Shontz and Francisco's votes would not hamper their working relationship.
"I WORK FOR the commission as a whole," Watson said, "and I do the best job I can lv all the people of Lawrence."
In other city business, commissioners voted unanimously to approve the Lawrence Police Officers Association compromise proposal, guaranteeing that the LPOA membership would end their four-month dispute with the city and sign their 1983-84 contract.
In June, the police refused to sign the work agreement city commissioners selected after an impasse had been reached in negotiations between the city and police bargaining teams. In recent weeks, the two teams worked out the compromise presented to the commission Tuesday.
THE PROPOSAL includes provisions for a job reclassification study that could raise police salaries by 5 percent in January 1984. This would be achieved by the use of jobs they are scheduled to receive by the end of 1984.
It also includes a yearly $50 payment to each police officer for boots, and a reduced call procedure. Officers were required to arrive for their shift 20 minutes early to receive special instructions. The time has been cut to 10 minutes.
Buford M. Watson Jr., was all smiles after city commissioners voted 3-1-1 to retain him as Lawrence city manager at Tuesday night's City Commission meeting.
Photo by SUAN PAGE
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