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Commission tables updated finance director job description after charter concerns
Summary
Commissioners raised objections that the proposed changes would remove supervisory powers set out in the city charter. The commission voted to table the updated finance director job description for review by the city attorney and the legislative committee.
The Benton Harbor City Commission voted to table a proposed update to the finance director job description after several commissioners said the revisions conflicted with the City Charter.
The proposed job description, recommended by the personnel and finance committee, had removed or narrowed language describing the finance director’s supervisory responsibilities. Commissioner Clark Griffin and others argued the charter identifies the finance director as head of the Finance Department with direct supervision of financial affairs, including tax collection…
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