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The council votes to let the mayor decide where council members sit but the real issue is where to place the chair of the city manager.  3^rd Ward Councilman Karl Skala brought the issue up last month asking if others felt City Manager Bill Watkins should sit with the council even though he’s not elected.  Skala says the perception may be that the city manager has more power than the mayor and council because his chair is in the middle on the dais.  6^th Ward Councilwoman Barbara Hoppe says this debate may also include changing the seating arrangements for council members as well.