I am very pleased to announce two key additions to the management team of the
municipality. Both a new Director of Finance and a new Assistant to the Manager
for Human Resources will begin work on Monday, September 9th.
Andrew McCreery will be the new Director of Finance. Andrew is a Mt. Lebanon
resident. He is a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) and a graduate of the
University of Pennsylvania. He is currently working as the Finance Officer and
Acting Borough Manager for the Borough of Jefferson Hills. He previously
worked for six years as Accounting Manager for the Township of Upper St. Clair.
Andrew brings a great public accounting background to the position. As Chief
Financial Officer, Andrew will be responsible for all fiscal activities
including accounting, budgeting, cash management, expenditure control, and
financial administration and analysis.
Bonnie Cross will become the new Assistant to the Manager and personnel
officer. For the past ten years, Bonnie was a Benefit Manager for the State of
Ohio, responsible for overseeing the State’s workers compensation and flexible
spending programs. Prior to her State job, Bonnie worked for the City of Upper
Arlington Ohio, a first ring suburb of Columbus, where she served as Assistant
City Manager. In that capacity she participated in the collective bargaining
process and administered the human resources function for the organization.
Bonnie received a Masters of Public Administration from Kent State University
and a B.A. from Seton Hill College. She holds a SPHR (Senior Professional in
Human Resources) designation. In Mt. Lebanon, she will be responsible for all
human resources programs and activities.
Please join me in welcoming both Andrew and Bonnie to our organization.
Steve Feller
11 comments:
Are these replacents for retiring or departing personnel or a further expansion of municipal employees through completely new positions?
As I understand it, they are replacing Marcia Taylor, who retired in July.
Elaine
Good luck to both!
Any change is good at this point.
Maybe one can open competitive bids properly.
New energy. Please resist the glacial speed of Mt Lebanon in responding to the needs of residents.
-Bambi
Bambi is right, responding to the NEEDS of residents is how we BUILT our community.That is one reason we did away with dog parks.
Flipper
The only McCreery CPA in Pennsylvania is Kevin from Plymouth Meeting, license CA029393L
top heavy administration of a small village....too much overhead and not enough for the workers
He passed all sections of the CPA exam in 2011, but he is not a CPA. Look him up here: http://www.licensepa.state.pa.us/
He is just short of becoming a CPA. "Close" counts in horseshoes, hand grenades, and CPA status in Mt. Lebanon. We're being lied to.
Two people replacing Ms. Taylor?
Maybe we need to start paying closer attention the subject of the following web page-
http://www.istook.com/2013/07/24/government-bloat-is-a-major-cause-of-detroits-bankruptcy/
Summary: A bloated government workforce was one big factor causing the city of Detroit to file bankruptcy. But some cities have gone even farther. If you include all levels of government, nationwide one in every 15 people is now a public employee.
A huge government payroll is one big reason Detroit filed for bankruptcy. They have one city employee for every 61 residents in Detroit. Plus more retired workers than active ones.
In some American cities it’s even worse.
In San Francisco, one of every 28 people works for local government.
In Baton Rouge, one in 30.
Cleveland, Philadelphia, Atlanta and St. Louis, one in 50.
Compare to Tulsa, one in a hundred; Oklahoma City, one in 134; Omaha, one in 144
Again, Detroit, one in every 62.
Yet none of these ratios count the biggest single group of public employees–namely school teachers and administrators.
Finally, include the federal workforce, and one in every 15 Americans works for government.
Work hard; you have lots of dependents.
6:01 AM, you write:
"Two people replacing Ms. Taylor?"
Thank you.
Elaine
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