Crestwood Mayor Trying to Hire New City Administrator On a Tight Budget
Salary and perks for local head honchos can add up quickly.
When Crestwood Mayor Jeff Schlink ousted Roy Robinson in April for the top elected city post, the city's top staff administrator opted to move down a notch to director of Public Services. Now, Schlink is tasked with hiring a new city administrator—a staffer responsible for carrying out the will of the elected officials and managing all the city employees. Schlink said the economy and unemployment rate should work in the city's favor, when it comes to salaries and perks for the hire. However, when the city administrator Jim Eckrich and now Director of Public Services dropped a notch in job description in April, he didn't lose much of anything in salary and perks. Eckrich asked for his old job back as director of public services on the eve …
Tom Ford
9:57 am on Saturday, July 2, 2011
Well one simple answer to getting more funding to hire a new City Administrator would be to reduce the salary of the City Public Works Director to the level he himself recommended when searching for a new Public Works Director, that being $67,000.00. Rescind the take home car which is not needed for a Public Works Director, and the accompanying gas and maintenance costs, and we will have at least… more ›