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Commissioners approve finance appointments; administrators say new CFO intends to relocate within six months
Summary
Public commenters and commissioners questioned a non-fair contract hire and a residency waiver for the county’s new chief financial officer. County staff said the intention is for the CFO to move into the county within six months and that the waiver in the resolution allows time for relocation.
Concerns about a non fair-and-open contract award and a residency waiver for a newly hired county chief financial officer drew public comment and questions from commissioners during the Dec. 12 Cumberland County Board of County Commissioners meeting.
A public commenter, Fair Moore, asked why a particular attorney was being hired under a non fair-and-open professional-services contract and raised concerns about political donations and the appearance of hiring from outside the county, saying the hire appeared “a little irregular” because the appointee lived “a hundred miles out of the county.”
County staff responded that two related resolutions (Resolution…
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