Mayor Henry begs Roller to stay on the job and she accepts

Mayor asks City Controller to Reconsider

Fort Wayne, IND— Mayor Tom Henry announced today that City Controller Pat Roller will remain in the position she’s held since January, 2004.

“I’m very pleased that Pat has agreed to stay on with the Administration,” said Mayor Henry. “Her expertise and understanding, particularly in this challenging time of a slow economy and new impacts to property taxes from legislative action is a valuable asset. We were not going to find anyone with her skills and experience and thought we would be facing a learning curve with a new controller just at the most challenging time I can recall in local government finance. I am grateful that Pat agreed to remain as the Chief Financial Officer for the City.”

“Given the circumstances and the timing, I think it’s the right decision for me and the City,” said Roller, “There is a lot of work to be done as the City plans for the 2010 budget cycle as many difficult decisions will need to be made. I understand the challenges that lie ahead and look forward to continue working with the Administration, City Council and the citizens of Fort Wayne.”

I wonder what was wrong with Valerie Ahr, the Deputy Controller who was serving as interim controller? I bet city council is looking forward to another year of working with Pat .

AWB

Last 5 posts by admin

• We don't really know how many jobs we saved, but we lost 467,000 in June - July 3rd, 2009
• More possible GPS snooping by the guberment - July 2nd, 2009
• Too liberal. Hell, that's what we've been telling you all along - July 1st, 2009
• Cellular 911 service restored - July 1st, 2009
• Dumbocrats refuse to stand for pledge of allegiance - July 1st, 2009

Related posts:

1. Pat Roller resigns city controller post Pat
2. Mayor presents budget to city council City
3. July 30th is the next “Mayor’s Night In” Meetings
4. Mayor expands public safety board Today Mayo
5. Ozzie gets a new gig Mayor Henr

This entry was posted on Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm and is filed under City & County Government. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.