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At least one council member says there should be changes to what now is a “broken” system in which some council candidates represent geographic districts, but all citizens may vote for all district seats.

While candidates dont have “Democrat” or “Republican” by their name on the ballot, that doesn’t exclude partisan influence or cues to differentiate which side they associate with.

Before the Davenport city administrator announced her departure, citing harassment from current and former Davenport elected officials, two other city employees left, too, due to behavior of elected officials.

Facing wide-ranging responsibilities, sometimes with little training, while state law changes strain city budgets has prompted high turnover among Iowas city clerks, one official said.

City clerks are the one job Iowa’s 940 cities are required to have, but more of them are leaving the profession as resources dwindle and they may lack training support. Especially in small cities, city clerks are the heart of local government — managing finances, answering to citizens and giving city councils the documents they need.

“We had to pause for about a year until we understood the pandemic enough to feel comfortable entering homes,” said Mark Hunt, Bettendorf’s Community Development Director.

Its unclear what will happen next for the representation of Davenports 7th Ward residents after the council voted to remove Derek Cornette from office Thursday night.

Of Iowa’s 940 cities, about 200 have city managers or administrators. In many cases, these managers are the highest-paid, or among the highest-paid, city employees. But what do they do and how do they run a city? Here’s a look at a day in the life of several Iowa city managers and how they balance everything from disaster response to patching potholes.

Cedar Falls Mayor Rob Green recommends the city make his job a part-time position in an editorial for The Courier, a change he has pushed for in the past.