...procedures in its response to a man who died after he was found in a downtown alley last month, a city official said. Municipal Manager Harry Kieling said Monday that the procedures used were either misunderstood or late in being implemented. Dispatchers...

...sees it, he's freely engaging in personal advocacy, not fostering an official borough policy. Were he a hired municipal manager instead of an elected mayor, he still could speak his mind, he noted. Consequences, however, might include a...

...the day to day operations of the municipality. The Anchorage Charter, at Article V, Section 5.03, creates the municipal manager position, and makes the position appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the assembly. The Anchorage charter requires...