With little fanfare Mike Connors the front and center get it
done guy for the Kriseman administration has been mildly demoted. Actually kind
of recycled.
You can pick up the details in Kameel Stanley’s Tampa Bay Times
article: Kriseman cuts back duties for administrator who oversaw
recycling.
The Sanitation department and the Purchasing department have been
removed from Connors’ span of control.
In response to an E-mail Ben Kirby, Kriseman Communications
Director, indicated Sanitation will move to Neighborhood Services currently run
by Mike Dove and Purchasing will report directly to Gary Cornwell City Administrator.
Connors has be a lightening rod most recently in both the Pier
Park decision and the very noisy launch of the City’s recycling program.
It appears all of this leaves Connors still in charge of the
City’s two largest construction projects, Pier Park and the new Police complex.
Best quote from the Stanley article: “In Mike’s role as a public
servant and an operations manager, authenticity and humility, as well as being
a good listener and communicator, are so important,” said Darden Rice. “People don’t
want to feel managed. What we want are straight answers and real collaboration.
Mike is used to doing things his own way, and that approach has not produced
the best outcomes.”
Great observation and things are not likely to change.
Kriseman and City Council’s issues with Connors are not over.
Despite the efforts of the Mayor’s office via Kevin King to assure everything
is ok between the Dream Team and Connors those of us who have worked with Mike
know he rarely goes quietly into the night.
For those who would have preferred Connors be fired the fact is
Connors is probably the City’s best large scale project manager, and he has
kept it that way through his hiring practices for years.
I don’t know who has been given the responsibility to keep watch
on Connors, but if it is anybody on the Mayor’s Dream Team Mike is grinning
from ear to ear.
For now Connors will have more time to focus on his three
primary objectives: getting that
damn Pyramid torn down and keeping the police building as austere as possible.
What’s the third objective? I’ll leave that to your imagination.
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