City of Aberdeen considering a change to ‘strong mayor’ form of government, other changes to its charter

The council agreed to put in $20,000 as a placeholder salary for the mayor — up from around $16,000 — for drafting purposes. It is also possible, Councilman Tim Lindecamp said, that a strong mayor could hire a city administrator to handle more day-to-day, full-time operations and would not need to do work befitting a city executive’s salary. Some city managers are paid six-figures, he said by way of example.