Saturday, April 16, 2011

New PW&UD Director on Tap

The city may soon have a new director of Public Works & Urban Development, Corporation Counsel Dan Williamson said at last week's City Council meeting.

Williamson said eight or 10 people were being considered for the post and someone might be named within a week or 10 days.

The department, one of three mandated by the city's special charter, had the same person in charge throughout the four years of Mayor Sharon Robinson-Briggs' first term. But when the mayor won a second term, the director, Jennifer Wenson Maier, was not offered another four years. In a somewhat confusing set of announcements, David Brown II was named director on Jan. 1, but then Wenson Maier was appointed in acting capacity until April 1. But then in February she took a post in Hoboken and Brown came aboard.

Brown resigned in November 2010. On Jan. 3, Jacques Howard of the Office of Economic development was named acting director, but with a 90-day limit that expired at the end of March.

The city is also seeking an interim city administrator, as Williamson served 90 days since Jan. 3 as acting city administrator and then the mayor declared herself acting city administrator. A search is also on for a permanent city administrator to serve until the mayor's term ends on Dec. 31, 2013.

--Bernice

1 comment:

  1. I find it to be no surprise that the mayor herself talked about bringing Ron West into the administration as Acting City Administrator when Bibi was on leave, and now we hear nothing about him being considered. The mayor really has problems. Scary.

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