TKC EXCLUSIVE AND BREAKING NEWS!!! NO SHORTAGE OF KANSAS CITY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR JOB VACANCIES AT CITY HALL!!!
Here's what will have to suffice as a glimmer of hope amid The Great Recession when it comes to finding a job in Kansas City:
STRANGELY, CITY HALL HAS LEFT A GREAT MANY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR JOB VACANCIES UNFILLED!!!
It's a strange move given that we're in an employers market and there's most likely a great deal of talent out there willing to work below their standard rate in order to attain a cushy city job.
Still . . . Budget Concerns and simply a lack of action at City Hall have left these jobs unfilled.
Take a look . . .
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR THE KANSAS CITY WATER DEPARTMENT HAS REMAINED WITHOUT A DIRECTOR!!!
Sure, people complain about a few employees sleeping on the job but the fact that they don't have a real boss to answer to might be part of the problem.
Public Works has functioned with an interim director for quite awhile as well.
Did they go ahead and make David Park full time? Because he's still listed as "Acting Department Director" of Neighborhood and Community Services more than two years after Former City Manager Wayne Cauthen put him on the job.
So many important vacancies and some other turmoil behind the scenes have people raising questions about the leadership of City Manager Troy Schulte.
To be fair, Mr. Schulte has 13 bosses to keep happy so it's understandable that he would be cautious . . . However, important jobs vacant at City Hall or working under interim management doesn't inspire much confidence in the Kansas City's ability to move forward under the new Administration of Mayor Sly James.
DEVELOPING . . .
Get a job TKC.
ReplyDeleteSchulte is an over paid asshole and always has been. He'll go down as quite possibly the worst City Manager KC has ever had.
ReplyDeleteThese jobs have been unfilled as long as they have because what they do isn't important to the mayor and council. After all, these positions just run departments which provide services to the residents, which is not at all of importance to the elected folks at 12th and Oak.
ReplyDeleteEven the selection of a new police chief has gone on for a month longer than planned, because public safety is not important either.
What IS at the top of the list at city hall is doling out money to insiders, approving real estate projects, usually with taxpayer subsidies, schmoozing the east side "leaders" so the electeds don't get called names, and coming up with "programs" that have their names on them.
Anybody heard anything from the latest committee formed to REVIEW the 2006 Violent Crime Report?
And now, on to the new downtown taxpayer-subsidized hotel and streetcars downtown!
Remember, the next etax election is only four years away!
WHY ARE THERE NO WOMEN as department heads? Could it be DISCRIMINATION???
ReplyDelete6:41- welcome back Terry Riley. Got a job yet? Ain't no manager as bad as your buddy Wayne Cauthen. Ain't no council member as lousy as you.
ReplyDeleteActually the Public Works Department does have an interim director now. Sherry McIntyre is the first female director of the department.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope Sherry gets the job permanently. Cannot think of a more important position to the citizens of KC. Previous director did a sleep walk through his term. As for Water, it is the most dysfunctional department in city government. Needs a first rate director to turn it around by clearing out long time top administrators who are part of the problem.
ReplyDeleteGive me a break. American business and government are overloaded with department heads, coordinators and all sorts of managers. They do NO work, but make good money and drive up costs. Tony this one betrays your lack of time working outside the basement. The fewer department heads the BETTER.
ReplyDeleteNew motto: Don't count on Sly to do ANYTHING.
ReplyDeleteGood coverage T. Not sure I would call these jobs "important" however. Usually seat fillers.
ReplyDeleteMore than "seat fillers", they are used to return political favors, much like the EDC head. Unqualified but in like Flynn.
ReplyDelete6:49 is dead on point. Schulte seems pretty spineless, willing to kiss whatever butt he needs to get through the day. Somewhat harsh, but true.
ReplyDeleteTroy makes appointments based on his buddy system with his circle of friends. His CIMO director is clueless as well as at least two other high level appointments. He will have trouble getting good directors as no one wants to work for Troy, or maybe he's out of buddys. Bring back Cauthen. Hey council members who supported Cauthen, it's revenge time.
ReplyDelete6:54, hiring a female director just because there isn't one is discrination to the most qualified person. The buzz is the water an public works directors will not be internal staff. Why? Bernardo was outside and we know what a gem he was. Troy's circle of friends is running low.
ReplyDeleteSherry would be good for the public works employees. The buzz around city hall earlier this summer was she allowed one of her good female friends with the department to break the rules and move outside the city limits. Girl power.
ReplyDeleteWhere can I send my resume! I need a JOB!!!
ReplyDeleteWater definately needs an outside candidate. But with crumbling infrastructure and the
ReplyDeleteEPA consent decree who wants to take on the challenge. Certainly not as sexy as street cars.
5:36, you are a moron. We are still feeling the pain from Wayne Cauthen. The higher-paid seat fillers are the Waynettes... protected class who can't be fired. Troy's CIMO/capital office head is actually doing a great job, despite his crappy staff. McIntyre won't take the PW job; it's a downgrade from her current position. Troy can and will fix things. He's had a load of crap handed to him, courtesy of the Cauthen years.
ReplyDelete6:33. No difference between the Cauthen buddy system and the Schulte buddy system. At least Cauthen went through a recruitment process.
ReplyDeletein the meantime....water rates go up 10% per year, pipes keep busting, waste, inefficiency and mis(non)management. Time for something different.
ReplyDeleteCIMO head isn't even an engineer. What is that? Whole department should be in PW and he should be gone!
ReplyDelete10:27, agree. Let's remember why CIMO was created. At least one of the reasons is now gone.
ReplyDelete8:02, there is a huge difference. Cauthen buddies were unqualified idiots. Schulte's appointments are qualified. And the head of the Capital Office (CIMO is gone) is doing a good job.
ReplyDeleteSchulte's appointments are based on his buddy system.
ReplyDelete6:00 you don't know what you're talking about. Sounds like you might have been passed over, no doubt justifiably, for a job that went to someone else.
ReplyDelete10:27, the head of the capital projects office may not be an engineer but he's smarter than anyone up there and gets the job done.
Sounds like the director of capital projects is a bloffer here.
ReplyDelete6:06pm, what an idiot. McIntyre did not cover for a female employee for moving out of the city a week prior to their retirement any more than O'Bannon covered for Stan Harris for moving to Louisiana before he retired.
ReplyDeleteWhat would be wrong with picking McIntyre for Public Works and Leeds for Water? It is not like the Great pick Garcia did any good. McIntyre has a transportation background and Leeds knows the problems the department is facing and understands the massive regulatory task in front of the City. Everyone else seems to be focused on what the Director can do about water main breaks. Truth is nothing, they are old and neglected. That is the Council's fault for cutting funding. He can see to it the water main programs are funded and managed well, but she/he has no magic powers over the weather, or the Council.
Let go of your personal agendas and hire the best candidate for the job without concern for race, gender or a preference for the Westside.
Council, support your Manager now, fill the vacancies, Manager time to fish.
Female employee only retired a week later cause she got caught. If Harris moved out and O'Bannon knew, he should be fired as well.
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