As city manager jobs go, this guy gets the Scott Janke award this week.

MONTROSE, Mich. — from www.wnem.com – It was a drama filled meeting for the Montrose City Council Thursday night.

Members received the quarterly report for the examination of embattled City Manager Frank Crosby’s computer use and e-mails over the last three months.

The reviews are the result of Crosby admitting to viewing pornography material on his city computer.

A motion to fire Crosby — the second time since the saga begin — failed 3 to 4.

The FBI also seized Crosby’s work computer for a separate investigation.

Meanwhile, Crosby is also facing an arraignment hearing on Oct. 25 for a drunken driving charge. He was arrested in September after police said he crashed into a stop sign.

Crosby was hired as city manager in 2005.

Back story: — Mayor Clinton Diffin cast the deciding vote Thursday not to fire City Manager Frank Crosby after council members split three to three.

The vote came during a special council meeting in which members reviewed a report provided by contracted technicians of Crosby’s computer use since being placed on probation five months ago for accessing pornography at City Hall.

A list of internet cookies indicated that Crosby had only visited one to three websites every day, primarily including MSN.com, Google.com and Yahoo.com.

“Sometimes I don’t even visit any websites on a given day,” Crosby said.

The review came days after Crosby’s computer was seized by FBI agents for unknown reasons.

“We just have to wait,” said Diffin. “Unfortunately, that’s the only thing we can do.”

He said he won’t vote to terminate Crosby’s contract as long as there isn’t any further evidence of wrongdoing.

City attorney Otis Stout said federal officials informed him that they could hold onto the computer for up to two months, but that they gave no further information on what they are searching for.

Councilman Frank DeForke pointed to an email message revealed in the report in which Crosby used the term “computer geeks,” and another in which he joked that he should drink arsenic and cyanide to do away with his troubles.

DeForke said some would find the messages offensive and that Crosby was violating Council directives by sending them.

“Oh come on,” said Councilman Paul Wixson in response. “I think you’re digging for stuff that isn’t offensive to anybody.”

After the review of computer records, Councilman Thomas Bigalow moved to terminate Crosby without cause.

Stout said that it would be legal under contract and charter guidelines to fire Crosby without cause, though he would be entitled to severance pay and a public hearing.

Council member Sue Head joined DeForke and Bigalow in voting for termination, while Wixson, Colleen Brown, Ray Foust and Diffin voted no.

“I was surprised there was nothing else in that report,” said DeForke. “I think when it comes back (the computer seized by the FBI), that there’s going to be a lot of criminal activity on there.”

Resident Yvonne Beers, 58, said she was glad the council chose not to dismiss Crosby.

“I think he’s done a good job,” she said. “Is he jovial? Yeah. Should we fire him for it? No. Has he made mistakes? Guess what? All of us have — and on our jobs.”

But Nancy Obershaw was outraged.

“Does anyone in here think the FBI came here just to have a cup of coffee with us?” she asked. “If you want to look at porn — adult porn — in your own basement, then go ahead, but not on my time… I still pay business taxes in this city.”

Obershaw doesn’t live in Montrose but has family and business ties in the city.

Obershaw said she plans on attending a scheduled arraignment that Crosby is facing Monday for a drunken driving charge.

“I want him to know that I’m watching his every move,” she said.

Brown, who is Mayor Pro-Tem, moved to place a measure to buy Crosby a new computer on the next council meeting agenda.

When asked if he had already ordered a new computer, Crosby said: “Of course not. I didn’t know if I was going to get out of here tonight alive or dead.”