As the first-ever employee of Austin Convention Enterprises, Inc, Jimmy Flannigan gets paid $140,000/year (+ reimbursements) for 20 hrs of work/week. ACE is a nonprofit org formed by City of Austin. He was hired on Jan. 7, 2021, following his electoral defeat by @mkelly007 (1/4)
Flannigan is primarily responsible for administrative tasks associated with ACE Board meetings. The Hilton has a contract with ACE to manage the actual hotel. …entionenterprises.lexblogplatform.com/wp-content/upl… (2/4)
Today, ACE is requesting consent from #atxcouncil to apply for a PPP loan to pay front-line hotel staff. Although PPP loan is not sought to pay Flannigan directly, his $140k part-time salary would otherwise be eligible to pay expenses. (Item 68) austintexas.gov/edims/document… (3/4)
Does it make sense to pay $140k/year from public funds for a board admin that only works 20 hrs/week? How did Flannigan get hired at a City entity so quickly after losing his election? What does he even do considering this position didn’t previously exist? (4/4)
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