City manager resigns: Complete wrapup of day's drama at CIncinnati City Hall

6 years ago

Cincinnati's acting city manager promised a plan to fix the city's troubled 911 center by the end of the month. Patrick Duhaney made that pledge after a half-hour on the job. He took over as the city's top administrator after Harry Black submitted his resignation notice minutes before a meeting to oust him Saturday morning. Duhaney, Mayor John Cranley and Vice Mayor Christopher Smitherman stopped into the 911 center later in the afternoon to show support for the staff there after a lengthy meeting Tuesday, called to discuss the death of 16-year-old Kyle Plush, detailed yearslong problems there. Talking to reporters outside, Cranley laid much of the fault on Black. "We weren't getting the feedback in current leadership structure that we had. We needed a manager that was going to listen to people and not criticize people who came forward and said we have low morale, high turnover and not enough resources," Cranley said.

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