Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Crestwood is officially seeking new legal counsel, and the Crestwood-Sunset Hills Chamber is hiring a new director.
As the interview process for a new Crestwood city administrator gets rolling, the city's aldermen have officially put out a request for new legal services, too. Robert J. Golterman, who's served the city in various capacities for more than 20 years, announced in September he planned to leave his post at the end of the calendar year, or once a replacement has been chosen. Crestwood aldermen voted Tuesday night to put out their formal request for qualified applicants. The job posting went live on the Crestwood city website Wednesday afternoon. The proposal was modeled after similar drafts by other municipalities, including University City, Golterman said. "Experience with Missouri municipalities and knowledge of municipal law, Sunshine law…
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Robert J. Golterman said he’d like to finish his service to the city at the end of this year, but will stay on long enough to ensure a “smooth transition” for his successor.
An editorial in Call newspapers, which is dated Sept. 12 but appeared online Tuesday evening, seems to have predicted the departure of Crestwood’s city attorney—sort of. The editorial follows up on a reader’s question whether a contract issued to the city's last city adminstrator violated Crestwood's charter. The paper concluded that the city could have easily severed ties when Petree Eastman left less than six months into her position, were it not for an 18-month contract. Instead, city attorney Robert J. Golterman guided a severance deal between the city and Eastman. “The City Charter requires an annual audit of the city's finances and states no firm can perform the audit for more than five consecutive years. Given Golterman's less-than…
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
The city begins the process of finding a permanent replacement for Petree Eastman. Crestwood Fire Chief Karl Kestler has been acting city administrator since March.
The city of Crestwood is a step closer to securing a new, permanent city administrator. The job posting went live Thursday on the Crestwood city website. The city has gone through a handful of administrators in the last six years, the most recent of which was Petree Eastman. Eastman served less than six months of her contract before separating from the city for undisclosed reasons. Her annual salary was around $98,000, according to previous Patch reports. Crestwood Fire Chief Karl Kestler has been acting city administrator since March. Ward III Alderman Jerry Miguel, who mentioned during the board's Aug. 14 meeting that he's watched three administrators come and go during his term, encouraged an open selection process. Miguel said he's …
John Dough
7:06 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
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