PHILADELPHIA Mayor Nutter unveiled some shuffling among his
senior personnel Friday, notably announcing that Thomas Knudsen, who was named
to the newly created post of chief revenue officer in April, would be leaving
the administration.
Knudsen, lauded for saving the Philadelphia Gas Works from
the brink of bankruptcy during his decadelong tenure there, was appointed to
the new post amid the rancor over the city's effort to create a new
property-tax system.
He was given authority over all city departments that
collect taxes, fees, fines, or any other form of payment, and tasked with
improving the city's traditionally dismal collection rates.
His responsibilities will pass to Revenue Commissioner
Clarena I.W. Tolson, who was named commissioner when Knudsen came aboard.
At the time, some Council members questioned the need for
Knudsen's position, since the revenue commissioner is responsible for
collecting most of the city's taxes.
Nutter also solidified two other high-level appointments
Friday, naming acting Streets Commissioner David Perri as the permanent
commissioner and Brian Abernathy, the interim executive director of the
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, as the permanent head of that body.
Source: Philly.com
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