City Administrator Coming to Hendersonville

The Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted Tuesday night to add the position of City Administrator in 2020, just ahead of the Mayoral Election next year.

Tena Lee has more:

According to the ordinance passed by city leaders on Tuesday, the city administrator will:

-          Administer the business of the municipality

-          Employ, promote, discipline, suspend and discharge all employees other than department heads

-          Recommend to the Board the appointment of department heads as well as oversee and discipline department heads

-          Act as a purchasing agent for the city

-          Prepare and submit the annual city budget

The vote was 7-6 in favor of creating the new position.

The move means the City's next Mayor will take office with the benefit of a new position dedicated to handling much of the day-to-day administration of the City.

Current Mayor Jamie Clary, so far largely incapable of actually doing his job, opposed the move. It seems he'd prefer the current chaotic management of city government to being relieved of the most mundane tasks -- tasks which he's mismanaged throughout his brief, tumultuous tenure.

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