Paula Boggs Muething has resigned as Cincinnati's city manager, Mayor-elect Aftab Pureval announced Monday.Boggs Muething will serve through Jan. 19, when an interim manager will then take over. Pureval announced Monday he would appoint former City Solicitor John Curp as Interim City Manager. Cincinnati City Council is scheduled to meet on Jan. 5, when they will vote on Curp's appointment.Pureval also announced Monday he will start a national search for Cincinnati's next city manager. "Throughout the campaign I promised Cincinnati that I would engage in a national search to select a City Manager," said Pureval. "Upon taking office, I intend to immediately make good on that commitment."The mayor-elect said Boggs Muething will be remembered for her leadership through some of the most challenging years Cincinnatians have faced."When called to serve, she was not deterred by the pandemic, corruption, or uncertainty. During her tenure as City Manager, she has ensured the continuity of city services and the safety of city employees when people across Cincinnati and America fell ill. She oversaw a massive effort to get people vaccinated and 89,000 doses later, lives have been saved. Boggs Muething changed the way constituents interact with City Hall when they have a problem to impart equity and fairness into a process that was vulnerable to corruption and patronage. And when cities across our nation cried out for police reform last year, she did not rest on Cincinnati's historic reputation but acted swiftly to achieve monumental discipline reform in a matter of months. With more than a decade of City service, she has served with distinction and undoubtedly made our City a better place."Pureval said he has been working with Boggs Muething who has been helpful in the transition as the Interim City Manager prepares to take over the role. Cincinnati City Council will meet on Jan. 5 to approve Boggs Muething's severance package and name an Interim City Manager.
Paula Boggs Muething has resigned as Cincinnati's city manager, Mayor-elect Aftab Pureval announced Monday.
Boggs Muething will serve through Jan. 19, when an interim manager will then take over.
Pureval announced Monday he would appoint former City Solicitor John Curp as Interim City Manager. Cincinnati City Council is scheduled to meet on Jan. 5, when they will vote on Curp's appointment.
Pureval also announced Monday he will start a national search for Cincinnati's next city manager.
"Throughout the campaign I promised Cincinnati that I would engage in a national search to select a City Manager," said Pureval. "Upon taking office, I intend to immediately make good on that commitment."
The mayor-elect said Boggs Muething will be remembered for her leadership through some of the most challenging years Cincinnatians have faced.
"When called to serve, she was not deterred by the pandemic, corruption, or uncertainty. During her tenure as City Manager, she has ensured the continuity of city services and the safety of city employees when people across Cincinnati and America fell ill. She oversaw a massive effort to get people vaccinated and 89,000 doses later, lives have been saved. Boggs Muething changed the way constituents interact with City Hall when they have a problem to impart equity and fairness into a process that was vulnerable to corruption and patronage. And when cities across our nation cried out for police reform last year, she did not rest on Cincinnati's historic reputation but acted swiftly to achieve monumental discipline reform in a matter of months. With more than a decade of City service, she has served with distinction and undoubtedly made our City a better place."
Pureval said he has been working with Boggs Muething who has been helpful in the transition as the Interim City Manager prepares to take over the role.
Cincinnati City Council will meet on Jan. 5 to approve Boggs Muething's severance package and name an Interim City Manager.
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