This morning, the Mayor's Office of Communications sent out a media advisory alerting recipients to the fact that the mayor would be meeting with the Administrative Board this morning at 11 am. As a total government geek, my curiosity about this governmental body was piqued, so much so that rather than just look up the make up and function of the Board in the Home Rule Charter, I raced down to City Hall to watch it for myself.
I only hope that all such meetings are as short and efficient as this one.
Apparently, several other media outlets were just as curious about this event. Channel 6 and Channel 3 both had cameras, with Channel 3's Robin Mackintosh (who has his own Wikipedia entry). KYW 1060 AM, the Daily News and at least two other print journalists were also present.
City Solicitor Shelley Smith answered our question about the board, saying that the board administers the rules for exempt employees of the city (those who aren't covered by civil service regulations, in many cases, political appointments and their staffs). Also present were Finance Director Rob Dubow and Chief of Staff Clay Armbrister, who was acting in place of the Managing Director, and Armbrister's executive assistant.
The meeting began shortly after 11 AM, giving this blog reporter time to get through the security line that was so accurately criticized by the Daily News Editorial Board this morning. Armbrister called the meeting to order and they quickly dispensed with their two agenda items - the reappointment of Acting Water Commissioner Bernard Brunwasser who had retired on December 29th to take advantage of the DROP program (and who's name, ironically, means "well-water or spring-water") and increasing the number of exempt positions in the Managing Directors Office by 12 to reflect the 3 new Deputy Mayors and their staffs.
The meeting had all the trappings of an official government meeting with motions being proposed, seconded and voted on. The motion to adjourn came a mere 5 minutes or so into the proceedings and, just like that, it was over.
Nutter took a couple questions and facetiously alluded to the fact that, unlike his days in Council, he had "turned a new leaf" and wouldn't prolong the meeting with a ton of questions. According to Nutter, all such meetings of the Ad. Board are required to be open to the public, though it's hard to imagine that they'll have such a huge turnout in the future.
Nutter also took questions about his plans for the Office of Arts and Culture, questions prompted by this item in The Evening Bulletin. Check the Daily News tomorrow to see how he answered.
(edited to add) Turns out the Daily News didn't want to run with the story about the Office of Arts and Culture, but KYW 1060 did.
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