Thursday, January 24, 2013
Mark Sime will earn approximately $98,000 per year.
Crestwood’s new city administrator will be earning a comparable rate to his predecessors. Mark Sime was unanimously selected earlier this month as the first full-time replacement to Petree Eastman, who was released from her employment contract with the city last March. Former Crestwood Fire Chief Karl Kestler has been acting city administrator since last March. Sime is a retired Air Force colonel, and has been working as a consultant for the Transportation and Logistics Department for the United States Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base. He will begin work within the next month, Mayor Jeff Schlink said. Sime will be paid a pro rata salary of $98,000, which is in line with the annual take outlined for the city’s previous …
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Mark Sime is the first full-time replacement for Petree Eastman, who ended her employment with the city last March.
Crestwood Mayor Jeff Schlink recommended Mark Sime to the Board of Alderman to take the position as a full-time city administrator. The board voted unanimously to approve Sime. Sime is a retired Air Force colonel and at one time was the Vice Wing Commander at Scott Air Force Base where he oversaw 25,000 people who lived and worked on the base. He is currently a consultant for the Transportation and Logistics Department for the United States Transportation Command at Scott Air Force Base. Sime told the board he would give up his consulting job in order to take on the full-time position as administrator. Sime is originally from Minnesota, but has called Crestwood home for the last two and half years. Mayor Schlink said that choosing a …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Seven months salary and a one-year health insurance option are part of the agreement.
More questions about former Crestwood City Administor Petree Eastman's departure from the city have been answered. According to city documents, the Board of Aldermen met in two separate closed meetings in March and April to discuss Eastman's future. Discussion was held regarding a legal action in both sessions, and a motion was made to authorize payment of seven months severance and 12 months of health insurance. A joint statement between the city and Eastman explains that a list of directives were issed in a March 5 memo to Eastman after the March closed session. Eastman responded March9 in a memo, expressing her belief that "certain of the directives represented material changes to her authority and duties and that, according to her …
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Petree Eastman left Crestwood employment on March 9, but the nature of her departure remains unknown.
Fire Chief Karl Kestler was named acting Crestwood city administrator nearly a month ago, but details remain murky on the nature of Petree Eastman’s departure, who left city employment just six months into an 18-month contract. Eastman’s last day was on March 9, City Attorney Robert Golterman said, but city officials won't disclose the nature of Eastman's departure. In a closed meeting on March 16, the Crestwood Board of Aldermen only voted for Kestler's appointment, but no record exists regarding a resignation or termination of Eastman. If Eastman was fired, the vote should be revealed in the closed meeting's minutes. But in a St. Louis-Post Dispatch story, Eastman is quoted as saying that she did not resign. There also is no letter of …
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Public comments included questions regarding former City Administrator Petree Eastman, Prop S and the Crestwood Court proposal.
Tuesday night’s Crestwood Board of Aldermen meeting saw a packed house, undoubtedly ready to hear a proposal from the owners of Crestwood Court. However, sometime during the week, that item had been taken off the agenda once again. During the mayor’s report, Mayor Jeff Schlink did mention that Centrum is working vigorously to move forward with a proposal for the city. "When they do come it will not be the full plan, just the concept and let the public 'chew on that' over time once we have names attached to businesses," Schlink said. The public comment portion of Tuesday's Crestwood Board of Aldermen meeting ended up being the liveliest part of the night. Jim Rook of Grand Ridge Lane thinks extending Prop S taxes should be put on the …
Friday, October 21, 2011
Patch sat down with Crestwood's first female city administrator to discuss her new role.
Patch sat down with Crestwood's first female city administrator to discuss her new role. An Affton High School graduate, Eastman received a master's degree in city planning from the University of California-Berkeley and her doctorate in law from Saint Louis University. The Crestwood Board of Alderman last week voted unanimously to waive the ciry residency requirement for Eastman, who lives in University City. Patch: Why did you apply for the city administrator job specifically in Crestwood? Eastman: I wanted to stay in the St. Louis area and given that constraint I was looking at various cities that were looking for a city manager and Crestwood seemed like a perfect place for me. It’s sufficiently large enough to be interesting and I grew …
Friday, July 1, 2011
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 …
Monday, April 11, 2011
City Administrator Jim Eckrich looks for approval from the Board of Aldermen Tuesday to return to public services director post immediately.
Crestwood City Administrator Jim Eckrich revealed two days after a city election brought about a change in mayors, that he is looking to step back into his former role as public services director. Public services is a combination of public works, and parks and recreation departments. City Alderman Jeff Schlink won over current Mayor Roy Robinson in an April 5 election by nearly a 2-1 margin of votes. Schlink said he had absolutely nothing to do with Eckrich's change of heart over city jobs. The public services job had been empty since mid-March. Eckrich could not be reached for comment. The job change request was part of Eckrich's executive summary of Tuesday's meeting agenda. Eckrich moved into the city's top post in July 2008, with a …
John Dough
8:27 am on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
He should be ok if he agrees with the BOA / department heads and doesn't try to rock any boats . more ›