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Elle O'Connell will replace the retiring Mickie Jo Bennett as Treasurer of the City of Saline.
Bennett has served the City of Saline for 36 years. Saline City Council voted unanimously to appoint O'Connell to the post.
O'Connell comes to Saline from the City of Howell, where she had been finance director and treasurer since December of 2021. She began her career at Plante Moran as an auditor and worked in the public and non-profit sector.
"We are extremely fortunate to have identified a candidate who brings a wealth of experience, not just in the private sector, but the public sector, to this position that I think will be of immense value to us as we continue to grow as a community," City Manager Colleen O'Toole said.
Councillors Dean Girbach and Dawn Krause joined O'Toole, retired police dispatcher Don Terry and longtime banker Scott Fosdick on the search committee. The group spent five weeks considering and interviewing candidates and reached a unanimous consensus to recommend O'Connell for the job.
"It is going to be very difficult to fill Mickie Jo's shoes, she's done so much for our city. Her background is all across all types of government accounting, from Plante Moran, to Genessee County, to the City of Howell and even herself being an entrepreneur," Girbach said. "I look forward to all the different ideas you can bring forward - specifically from the perspective of the issues she's faced in Genessee County, such as water expansion."
O'Connell is a graduate of the Michigan State University Eli Broad School of Business and is working on her master's in public administration at Eastern Michigan University.
O'Connell said she was excited, thrilled and humbled to continue to work done by Treasurer Bennett.
"I look forward to being able to provide you with wonderful, useful, reliable and fantastic information from a financial perspective and leading you forward into the next generation of technology and everything else coming our way right now," O'Connell said.
As treasurer, O'Connell will make $102,124 plus benefits. Her employment begins June 6.
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No, the motion to approve & adopt was made by Ceo, seconded by Lesch. If you're interested in an unedited/unredacted version of Monday's meeting, the link to the video recording of our budget work session and regular meeting is provided below -
Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,