Post by Logan on Mar 14, 2017 22:12:49 GMT -6
Some Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee members aren't sure they like Gov. Eric Greitens' proposal to split Chief Operating Officer Drew Erdmann's salary among several state departments.
Erdmann — who started working for the state on Feb. 20 after working as a government planner for the Washington, D.C.-based McKinsey & Company consulting firm — is the governor's choice to be Missouri's first chief operating officer (COO).
Greitens said the job will help "make government work better."
Senate Majority Leader Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, told the News Tribune, "If you look at this from strictly a business point of view — that's usually how most organizations would do it, whether a for-profit or a nonprofit.
Read more: www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2017/mar/12/lawmakers-ponder-governors-staff-budgeting/665214/
Erdmann — who started working for the state on Feb. 20 after working as a government planner for the Washington, D.C.-based McKinsey & Company consulting firm — is the governor's choice to be Missouri's first chief operating officer (COO).
Greitens said the job will help "make government work better."
Senate Majority Leader Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, told the News Tribune, "If you look at this from strictly a business point of view — that's usually how most organizations would do it, whether a for-profit or a nonprofit.
Read more: www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2017/mar/12/lawmakers-ponder-governors-staff-budgeting/665214/