Bell names three to begin Mayoral transition
This in via e-mail from the campaign of Mayor-elect Mike Bell:
Bell names advisory group to begin Mayoral transition
Mike Bell named a three-person Transition Advisory Group to advise him in structuring an orderly transition into the Mayor’s Office and recommend a process to select choices for leadership and staff positions in his new administration.
The Group consists of:
Don Harbaugh, President of Toledo Molding & Die, Inc. and Member of the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees.
Joyce Chappel, former Director of Human Resources for the City of Toledo and former Director of the Ohio Department of Aging.
Joe Walter, Director of the Lucas County Emergency Management Agency and former Director of Safety for the City of Toledo.
The advisory group will work with Mr. Bell to assemble a larger Transition Team which will interview and assess existing City directors and commissioners and identify candidates for the Mayor’s chief of staff, Business Advocate, and other 22nd Floor positions. The advisory group will also help Mr. Bell identify a Director of Transition to lead the process.
Mr. Bell stressed that the announcement of the advisory group is only the first step in the transition process, and no list has yet been assembled or contacts made for any choices for staff positions in the new administration.
“We have already received a number of inquiries, but I have initiated no discussion yet with any individual about joining the Bell Administration,” the Mayor-elect said.
Mr. Bell hopes to hold his first meeting the advisory group early next week.
Mayor Finkbeiner has indicated a transition officer to work with the Bell team and he has also committed to providing City of Toledo office space where the team can work throughout the transition. Bell’s campaign headquarters currently maintains minimal office hours throughoutthe week and will wrap up operations by November 20th.
Mr. Bell was elected Mayor last week with 52.3 percent of the unofficial vote total. He ran as an Independent in his first bid for elective office. Toledo’s former fire chief and former State Fire Marshal, he received his education in the Toledo Public Schools and the University of
Toledo
