Hamilton County Commissioner Tim Boyd from District 8East Ridge’s interim city manager is stretched thin, so Hamilton County Commissioner Tim Boyd offered to lighten the load – for $8,000 a month from taxpayers.
Boyd emailed City Attorney Hal North on Tuesday night with a resume and a suggestion that the City Council hire him as a consultant until December 2014. Boyd now makes about $21,000 a year representing East Ridge as a county commissioner. He wants another $96,000 and a city-owned car. On Wednesday, he said he simply put the option out there for the council to consider.
Boyd’s offer comes in the middle of a hectic week as the council looks for a new city manager. On Feb. 7, former Manager Tim Gobble resigned, and Eddie Phillips stepped in as the interim manager for the sixth time in his career. Phillips is also the East Ridge public safety director, and until the city hires someone he will have to do both jobs.
“It is unreasonable to think Eddie Phillips can effectively perform his duties as a Safety Director and effectively perform the duties of a City Manager,” Boyd wrote in an email.
Phillips disagrees.