In a strong mayor system, voters elect a person who works full time and oversees the city's operations like a city manager does. Cheyenne has such a system.
A couple of residents suggest Casper change from its council-manager system to a strong mayor system in which the mayor, not a city manager, oversees city operations.
The Fraternal Order of Police did not want the survey to be made public before all council members had a chance to review it, according to Johnson's email.
Johnson says FOP members asked Humphrey to not release the survey to the media. The survey, of course, was released before last Tuesday's council meeting -- before, Johnson says, council members even had a chance to review it.