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Brown On The Job As Escambia County’s New Administrator
June 13, 2014
Today wraps up the first week on the job for new Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown. He was hired back in April, ending a hiring process that took about 18 months for commissioners to make their final decision.
His first official day on the job was June 9, and his contract is for just one year. His salary was set at $150,000 for the year, plus normal county benefits. The county also offered up to $5,000 to pay his moving expenses from Perry, Fla., where he served as administrator in Taylor County.
One of Brown’s first big tasks is to present a proposed budget to the county commission. It’s due July 15. And while he’s the boss over county employees, he can’t hire any assistant administrators or department heads without the backing of commissioners.
After retirement from the Army in 1996, Brown served Taylor County as the director of human resources, county coordinator and county manager. In January 2001 he was hired as the general manager of RDS Manufacturing Company, a position he held for 18 months prior to being recruited as a faculty member at Florida State University.
While at FSU, he was elected as a Taylor County County commissioner . In the summer of 2006 he announced that he would not seek a second term. In January 2007, he resigned from FSU and returned to serve Taylor County as the county administrator.
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2 Responses to “Brown On The Job As Escambia County’s New Administrator”
New people in the County Commission and as Administrators is long overdue. Let’s hope there will be some good changes made here!
So, he is charged with and responsible for a proposed budget to the county commission by July 15 and be the boss over county employees, he can’t hire, fire or transfer any assistant administrators or department heads without the backing of commissioners. Sounds more like a scapegoat for the commissioners. Here you go Jack, make us a budget now, which we were unable to do, take charge of all the county employees, but you must use our Bubbas. They screw up and you take the heat. Oh yeah, we do the hiring and firing.