No one fired this week by City Manager Bornstein, well at least as far as we know. In fact, there was one major promotion:City Manager Bornstein says, "I am pleased to let you know that as of today, Jamie Brown has officially been hired as the Director of Public Services. Jamie has been serving as Acting Director and has demonstrated a high level of professionalism and a commitment to improving our City. He has a tremendous sense of teamwork as well as being a conduit for better relationships with the community.
I look forward to having him continue being an important member of my Management Team. Please join me in Congratulating him.
Let's see.....
ReplyDeleteFired Asst City Manager..... Check
Dismantled Office of Budget and Management....... Check
Promoted a well deserved, well respected professional to public works director..... Check
Has a great disposition and positive attitude.... Check
Hasn't screamed at one employee or citizen yet...... Check
Quite possibly, we have a new BCME!
Let's see....
ReplyDeleteStopped the ZIP halting $millions in development.
Is the lack of "screaming" a quality to be the BCME?
Time will tell, anonymous. It will take one time for Bornstein to disagree with Maxwell that could change the tide....or another election.
I like Jamie. He is an engineer and highly qualified and comes across thus far as honest.
If some of you with axes to grind had been nicer to the former city manager perhaps she would not have made a snide remark to you. In most cases you deserved it by storming into her office and being very disrespectful. I personally know of many cases where I would say it was the resident that started it.
ReplyDeleteThe epitome of lazy management. This guy obviously is not going to put too much effort into attracting the best people for the job. A disappointment, but not surprising.
ReplyDeleteIt is good to promote from within when you have a highly qualified individual such as Brown. I don't believe that we ever saw this happen until Boyer raised Laura Hanna, someone who wasn't ready for the job. Staff should be motivated by this elevation and the confidence the CM has put into Brown, long past due.
ReplyDeleteHow could anyone have stormed into the former city managers office?Only a handful of people had the code to unlock the bullet proof door,,,,,,
ReplyDeleteLOL. Not bullet proof...just locked. This decision was made after one very high strung citizen who lives in District 2 now vocally attacked her as well as others who just walked into her office unannounced and with no appointments. Citizens were rude and did not care about protocol at all. We have seen them at regular city commission meetings. This was done for the overall safety of staff as well as the city commissioners.
ReplyDeleteJust stop and think what this means for our republic....and you might have noticed over the past ten years.... blame it on 911.
ReplyDeleteCity of West Palm Beach: You must pass through a metal detector with two armed security officers manning the post to enter city hall. Mayor and commissioners use a different elevator than common folk.
Boynton Beach: You must surrender your drivers license at the door and register to enter city hall.
County Governmental Center: You must pass through a metal detector with two armed security officers to enter. Commissioners probably have a "bat cave" entrance and private elevator along with free parking at the Airport.
Most smaller cities can only afford security cameras and a low paid receptionist greeter to enter.
The bullet proof door and key pad just reinforced that this "was" Stanton's house.
That door should be able to be locked for after hour stuff, but should remain unlocked during the day so the people can conduct their business in their City Hall.
What ever happened to public service?
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Now that it is legal to bring a gun into a public building, it makes sense to me that employees are safe. People do not have to wander around into the executive offices. We don't have a security guard at city hall. All people visiting our city hall should sign in. We should have an accounting of who enters and who leaves. Public service should not entail dealing with the nut cases walking around today. Everyone needs to feel safe in his/her job and also not having to bother with people casually dropping by, good intentions or not. It is our house but our lives are not in jeopardy--theirs could be. As far as Stanton's house is concerned, she WAS threatened by sick SOB's who live in this city. Sad but true.
ReplyDeleteI would sooner work in our City Hall even with that "nut job" city manager than work in a convenience store. (I always thought it would be her that went off the farm) You can be shot by a "nut job" anywhere, anytime. Exercise your second amendment constitutional right. Learn to defend your self. Remember, when seconds count, our law enforcement officers are just minutes away.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the $million in development projects being held up? What projects specifically?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your "charming" commentary. As far as the projects being held up, contact Mr. Waters or anyone on our present P&Z.
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