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County administrator to resign
Butler County Administrator Tim Williams is leaving his job next month, as the county struggles to stave off fiscal emergency.
Williams said he’s leaving to take an executive position with an undisclosed private sector retail business north of Dayton.
“If this opportunity hadn’t come up, I wouldn’t be leaving,” Williams said. “I’d be at least around for another year.”
Instead, Williams’ last day will be Dec. 11.
Williams took the county’s reins from former administrator Derek Conklin last year after Conklin resigned when questions arose about whether he played a role in raises for his wife, a county employee.
Before that, Williams was assistant county director, though he spent most of his roughly 15 years with the county as finance director. Before working for the county, he worked for AK Steel for 22 years, he said.
Williams’ salary is $107,393 after a recent 10 percent pay cut as part of the county’s efforts to struggle with revenue shortfalls.
Williams leaves as county leaders struggle with an projected $6.6 million deficit brought be declining sales tax and investment revenues during recession. The first round of budget cuts — and increases — submitted by all elected county officials left them $5.3 million from that goal with little more than a month left in the year.
Williams said he’s confident that the county can handle the challenge in his absence, especially with the recent hiring of finance director Pete Landrum.
Williams said he has dealt with numerous challenges in his 15 years — projects he didn’t agree with, political turmoil — but he refuses to take credit for any major successes.
“I’m not a decision maker, I just work for three commissioners” he said. “I’m just a staffer and I try to do my job. I’m not a decision maker, and change is for the politicians to take credit for.”
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By Rick
November 19, 2009 9:34 AM | Link to this
Why no report on his severance package. How much taxpayer money is he taking with him. I’ll bet it exceeds what is allowed under the county personnel policy.