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 …
Thursday, May 26, 2011
The vote seems emblematic of what the new Mayor Jeff Schlink faces.
In what some might see as politics at work, Crestwood aldermen voted 4 - 3 Tuesday to reject longtime Crestwood resident and retired police officer Doug Mosby to fill a board seat left vacant by the election of Jeff Schlink to mayor in April. Mosby, who said he is pro-business, was Schlink's top choice for the Ward 2 post. The mayor typically does not vote on measures, except to break a tie vote. City Attorney Robert Golterman said he knew of no other instance in the past when the Board of Aldermen rejected a mayor's nomination for a seat. Voting against were aldermen Mimi Duncan, Deborah Beezley, John Foote and Chris Pickel. Several of them said they weren't happy that the nominee was a retired employee of Crestwood. Aldermen Paul …
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 …
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 ›