Newly-inaugurated Jackson Mayor John Horhn announced several appointments yesterday. Read 'em and weep.
Chief Administrative Officer: Pieter Teeiwussen
Interim Chief of Staff: William Bozeman
Interim Fire Chief: Rasean Thomas
Von Anderson: Interim Planning & Development Director
Nathan Slater: IT Director
The following members from the previous administration will remain in their current positions:
City Attorney: Drew Martin
JPD Chief: Joseph Wade
CFO: Fidelis Malembeka
City Clerk: Angela Harris
HR Director: Toya Martin
The retention of Malembeka is a bit of a surprise but the administration has to immediately prepare for budget hearings.
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Do they have to be confirmed by the city council?
Do they have to be confirmed by the city council?
Yeah, keep the guy who can't get the audits done. Make perfect sense.
As I wrote, they have to immediately get ready for budget hearings in August. Takes awhile to learn the books. I'll be surprised if he is there anyway from now.
Isn’t this more or less the same as shock-way admin?
Willie and Fidelis...smh...
Understood your point the first time KF. Somehow you're convinced that continuity with a guy who can't get the damn past-due audits completed is crucial to completing the upcoming budget. I'm not buying it and IMO, along with the Wade retention, keeping this non-performer around concerns me that Horhn is already receiving and accepting bad advice. This city is crawling with crackerjack CPAs and I have a hard time believing that not a one of them, or a small team of them, aligned with this Kumbaya moment to 'help Jackson' couldn't come in and do a superior job than Malembeka even with a tight calendar. We're exhorted that 'Jackson is Ready' but with these personnel decisions it sure doesn't appear that John Horhn is.
He's said he's hiring a forensic audit team to go through the books.
I am a retired Chief Financial Officer. I would fire immediately. Horhn has to make a statement. Incompetence and laziness are over. Some of the problems with the audit are missing paperwork and financials that don’t tie. That is not rocket science. I would have to clean house. It’s a disaster being made worse.
I believe they have 90 days to put names before the city council. They should be through with budget by then. They might not put his name before the city council.
Malembeka is no more surprised than others (i.e. Martin) - all positions at least currently filled by a warm body as opposed to much of the department heads and officers.
Gotta get thru the budget due to be passed in September, gotta get major answers to finance issues - and subject to being gone in 90 days just like all the others. But The others aren't facing presentation of a new budget and reconciliation of errors and adjustments in the current one. (And he will probably not have time to spend on his 'other job' 20 miles south.)
Start popping the corn, gong to be interesting to watch over the coming weeks and months.
That would be the single most important thing that should be done.
What was Melissa’s job title?
Official or unofficial?
Don't know why all of you have your panties in a wad. Horhn and his crew can just refer to the audits of Jackson's finances to get a handle on what's been going on. And the safe in Jody's office...don't forget to check to see if it's been cleaned out.
Great idea to hire a forensic auditor!
Yes
Who is the city attorney currently ?
2:06 Official we know what the unofficial was
Keeping any of Lumumba’s appointments is insane, hopefully the City Council will not confirm these appointments.
The Mayor went to Centre. Either he is one of the dumbest Centre grads ever or he isn’t putting his constituents first by keeping the CFO.
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