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By GAIL SLUPATCHUK

Published: Feb 21, 2007 12:00 am

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37TH ANNUAL ANTIQUES SHOW & SALE TO BE HELD ON SUIE CAMPUS

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EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. â The Friends of Lovejoy Library will sponsor its 37th Annual SIUE Antiques Show and Sale March 17 and 18. Sixty-nine antiques dealers from the Midwest will display and sell a variety of items from furniture, fine glass, porcelain and china to tools, toys and books.

The antiques show and sale will be conducted in the gymnasium of the Vadalabene Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm, and Sunday, 11 am to 4 pm.

Early bird entry on Saturday only, from 9 to 10 am â admission $10 (includes general admission). Children under 13 years of age are admitted free. General admission tickets are available at the door for $6 and are good for both days of the show. Free informal appraisals with paid admission (two item limit) will be offered on Saturday from 2 to 4 pm and Sunday from 1 to 3 pm.

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is 2Â½ miles from the junction of I-270 and Illinois 157. For information, www.siue.edu/maps or 618-650-2730.

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This article notes that a “director of operations is largely the same thing as a town administrator.” But, the Charter states that “[t]he First Selectman shall be the Chief Executive and Administrative Officer of the Town...” So, it appears that Newtown already has a town administrator. Also, the Charter outlines some of the responsibilities of the Administrative Officer (i.e., First Selectman), for example, in sections 4-40 [employees], 6-05(b) [creating a budget], and 7-15(d) [purchasing]. Would the Director of Operations have any say over employee performance reviews and decisions related to hiring or dismissing employees? Would s/he be the one to work with individual departments when developing a budget? Would s/he be considered a purchasing authority? If not, then how will the position actually help reduce the administrative workload that the First Selectman now does? Also, will the position include enough leadership responsibilities to entice those with the skills that the town needs to offload those responsibilities from the First Selectman? Perhaps answers to these questions (and more) could be a part of the work of the next Charter Revision Committee.

Town Administrator, Town Manager, Director Of Operations?

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