The Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans is getting yet another interim director, and three top officials have resigned from the utility.
The moves come just a couple of weeks before a new permanent director is scheduled to take the helm.
David Callahan -- a retired rear admiral with the Coast Guard -- will be the fourth temporary executive director of the Sewerage and Water Board in about a year. Callahan will replace Jade Brown-Russell.
The timing of the move is curious, given that new permanent executive director Ghassan Korban is scheduled to start the job on September 3rd -- just two weeks from now.
Mayor LaToya Cantrell also announced that three top officials have resigned. All three had recently received major pay raises, according to a report from nola.com/The Times-Picayune, despite the fact that the utility has claimed it was running low on money. Cantrell says she called for the resignations, but was vague about why.
“We have no room for distractions,” Cantrell said. “We have only room for progress and so we're wanting to make sure again that the table is set for our next executive director to hit the ground and hit the ground running.”
The Sewerage and Water Board will hold a special meeting on Tuesday to make Callahan’s role official.
