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Another Hire Backs Out Of Century Town Clerk Job
December 30, 2024
Another person hired to be Century town clerk has declined the position before starting the job.
Earlier this month, the town council voted to approve a recommendation from Mayor Luis Gomez, Jr. to hire Jennifer Tien, the current treasurer of the City of the Village of Douglas in Douglas, Michigan. The town now confirms that she has declined the position, but did not provide any further information.
In September, Century voted to hire the current town clerk of Flomaton, but she later changed her mind and withdrew from consideration.
The position has been vacant since Leslie Howington took a leave of absence in mid-April 2024 before resigning in May for medical reasons.
For Tien, the council approved annual starting salary of $86,000 with three weeks annual vacation instead of the usual two for new hires. The council did not consider any relocation expenses. The vote authorized Gomez to finalize the hiring process with Tien.
Tien sat quietly in the council chamber, unannounced by Gomez until after the vote.
“I spoke with Ms. Tien; she’s in the building,” Gomez said. “I told her upon approval of the council, I would give her a minute to address herself, and any other questions of concerns that you may have.” No council member asked any direct questions, other than asking Tien if she would like to speak; she did not address the council.
There’s no word yet on how Century will move forward with the search for another town clerk. A salary range for the position was set back in May of $71,000 to $91,000.
Pictured: Century Mayor Louis Gomez, Jr. congratulates Jennifer Tien of Michigan after the Century Town Council voted December 17 to hire her as town clerk. Pictured inset: Tien said quietly in the audience prior to the council’s vote. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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16 Responses to “Another Hire Backs Out Of Century Town Clerk Job”
I pretty sure everybody knows what the real problem is but no one is capable of fixing the problem
@Century Raised A lot of the people writing in here do not necessarily live in Century and therefore cannot vote in your mayoral race. Furthermore, during Centuries last mayoral race Gomez ran unopposed not one single Centurion stepped forward to run against him. Make no mistake he and his board are ruining your town which may lose its charter.
Now I know you may be thinking we shouldn’t be “complaining” about your towns problem, but the fact of the matter is we share your tax burden. Every time your mayor and board members fire the only water dept. tech you have or hire out of town/state board member/consultant we help foot the bill. This along with the First amendment gives us every right to speak up.
@Century Raised You should run! You seem to have all the good answers. More people like you could straighten this mess out. Get rid of the current “do nothing crew” and replace them with smart people who actually care like you. That would be a blessing.
The amount of keyboard complainers is amazing. Everyday, people get on this platform to complain that the town of Century is so terrible. Yet, when election time rolls around, those same people are quiet as a church mouse. Elections matter at EVERY level. If you don’t like Mr. Gomez, why don’t you run for the office?? Or at least support a candidate that would be better! If you aren’t going to contribute to Century, please SHUT UP!
Smart enough to do the job.
Smart enough to reject the job.
A tiny needle to thread, keeping away thousands who could.
Why can’t some of Gomez’s south Florida cronies getting paid big money to do nothing, do the job.
@ Where’s Santa?
The town HAS a Santa , They just didn’t bother to include him in Well ANYTHING.
NO ONE cared enough to ACTUALLY PLAN for Christmas at the town FOR the town ..
Hence the 3 car 1 firetruck parade…
She saw a part of Florida that isn’t all beaches & sunshine. The real world in FL is like any other state. Hard work.
WHY???!!! Why is so much TAX PAYERS money year after year go down the drain–they are NOT capable of running a city for YEARS and years and years–it will fail over and over – let it flush
I am SO relieved for her. I had figured she did not have all the facts. Glad she is a smart lady.
Good move ma’am… You are not ready for the astonishing atrocities that awaits the next victim
She probably took a Quick Look at the books.
WOW..!!!! No mystery here our guess is Ms Tien has done some checking and evaluation of the way Town of Century is operated and run by the mayor anc council and decided it was too risky to become involved.
Smart move Ms Tien. Whole bunch there needs a state forensic audit and evaluation.
Should probably find some city employees that will actually take the job.. and also a Santa Claus. SMH.
Smart girl.
Ms Tien, I am sorry for all my thoughts of you when it was annouced you were coming aboard of a sinking ship.tho its stuck on the bottom of the river