Chicago CFO's Abrupt Departure Raises Concerns in City Council Ahead of Difficult Budget Season

Editorial: Chief financial officers are dropping like flies on Brandon Johnson’s fifth floor

Acting Chicago CFO Steven Mahr's sudden departure comes at a particularly poor time.

Chicago CFO's abrupt departure raises concerns in City Council ahead of difficult budget season

One of the top members of Mayor Johnson's finance team will leave his post this week after taking over the role earlier this year. Several City Council members warn the timing could complicate an already challenging budget season.

Mayor Johnson seeks public input on Milwaukee's 2027 budget

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Mayor Cavalier Johnson is encouraging Milwaukee residents to help shape the city’s 2027 budget by attending one of two public budget open houses this week. The meetings are scheduled for Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Zablocki Library and Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m. at Atkinson Library. Residents can also […] The post Mayor Johnson seeks public input on Milwaukee’s 2027 budget appeared first on WTMJ.

Mayor Johnson’s acting CFO abruptly departs as budget season looms – Chicago Sun-Times

“Being under that circus tent for eight months — he’s got a career ahead of him. He’s an impressive young man. I would suspect that he just got fed up with these folks,”Ald. Matt O’Shea said. “Fed up with no clear plan. Fed up with mixed messages. Fed up with absolutely no communication at a time when, now more than ever, city leadership needs to be working together on a cohesive plan to get us out of the financial predicament that we’re in.”

Mayor Johnson's acting CFO abruptly departs as budget season looms

<p>Mayor Brandon Johnson is losing his chief financial officer just as Chicago prepares to host a crucial investors conference and an emboldened City Council gears up for a grueling election-year budget season.</p><p>Acting Chief Financial Officer Steven Mahr replaced Jill Jaworski, who left City Hall in January for a job at Navy Pier shortly after a renegade City Council majority rejected Johnson’s corporate head tax and muscled through an alte…

Post From Community: Mayor Johnson promotes public engagement through budget hearing open houses | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Editor’s note: Post From Community is the place for community announcements and event postings. If you have a community-oriented event you feel our readers would be interested in, please submit here. By Zoe Kinstler, Communications Specialist, Office of Mayor Cavalier Johnson Mayor Cavalier Johnson is promoting two Budget Hearing Open Houses as a part of his ongoing effort to hear from residents of the City of Milwaukee about the 2027 City Budg…