Overview
- City Council unanimously approved $280,417 to restore the business administrator and the project director of business development/LERTA administrator while creating a new economic development director role.
- The city listed salaries as $133,900 for the business administrator, $67,784 for the project director/LERTA administrator, and $78,633 for the economic development director.
- Mayor Wanda Williams agreed to voluntarily dismiss her lawsuit with prejudice and will not appeal Judge Jeffrey Engle’s Feb. 2 ruling that affirmed council’s authority to defund the positions.
- Under the settlement, extended “interim” department head appointments will end, vacancies beyond 120 days trigger a joint appointment by the mayor and council, and appointments remain subject to council advice and consent.
- A stipulation to append the settlement to the Feb. 2 dismissal order has been submitted to Dauphin County Court, and the judge has not yet granted the request.