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Questions and controversy continue to swirl around Killeen City Manager Kent Cagleâs lone pick for the cityâs next assistant city manager after city officials departed from the previous procedure of keeping the Killeen City Council and the public in the loop on who the top finalists are for one of the cityâs top administrative positions.
Those transparency details didnât happen this year when Cagle sprung on the council at a workshop meeting last week that he had offered the assistant city manager job â Killeenâs No. 2 chief administrative staffer behind Cagle himself â to Danielle Singh, Killeenâs executive director of public works.
Killeen may have a new assistant city manager â the cityâs top administrator behind City Manager Kent Cagle â on Tuesday night if the City Council approves the promotion of Executive Director of Public Works Danielle Singh to the spot, which comes with a $175,000 annual salary.
Danielle Singh
But that could be a big âifâ after some councilmembers told the Herald they were not kept in the loop on the ânationwideâ search for Killeenâs new assistant city manager, which became vacant after the resignation of David Ellison in October.
âAs far as the hiring procedures are concerned, this again lays at the feet of the City Manager,â Killeen City Councilman Ken Wilkerson said in emailed response after the Herald sent questions to the council Friday. âAs far as I am aware, we were never asked about using taxpayer dollars to search for any positions. This may have occurred with the council before I was elected, but I am not aware of it.
Killeen may have a new assistant city manager â the cityâs top administrator behind City Manager Kent Cagle â on Tuesday night if the City Council approves the promotion of Executive Director of Public Works Danielle Singh to the spot, which comes with a $175,000 annual salary.
Danielle Singh
But that could be a big âifâ after some councilmembers told the Herald they were not kept in the loop on the ânationwideâ search for Killeenâs new assistant city manager, which became vacant after the resignation of David Ellison in October.
âAs far as the hiring procedures are concerned, this again lays at the feet of the City Manager,â Killeen City Councilman Ken Wilkerson said in emailed response after the Herald sent questions to the council Friday. âAs far as I am aware, we were never asked about using taxpayer dollars to search for any positions. This may have occurred with the council before I was elected, but I am not aware of it.
The problem is, theyâve had virtually nothing to do with the selection process up until now.
City Manager Kent Cagle has conditionally appointed Public Works Director Danielle Singh to be the cityâs assistant city manager â a position that has been vacant since the resignation of David Ellison last fall.
In addition, the council will be asked to approve the appointment of Jeffrey Reynolds to succeed Singh in the top spot over Public Works. He currently serves as the departmentâs assistant director.
Certainly, promoting from within can be a solid strategy, as it rewards service to the city, acknowledges institutional knowledge and builds on current interdepartmental relationships.