CINCINNATI (AP) - The Cincinnati city manager who faced the likelihood of being fired by the City Council has quit.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Harry Black said Saturday morning in a memo that his decision to resign was “based on the reality that the work environment has become very hostile.”
Council on Saturday voted 5-0 to accept his resignation and appoint Assistant City Manager Patrick Duhaney as the interim city manager.
Black will receive a $174,000 severance and another $100,000 in benefits.
His resignation ends a weekslong feud with Mayor John Cranley, who asked Black to resign in early March.
The City Council had been split on whether to fire Black until Thursday, when Councilman Greg Landsman said he wasn’t happy with Black’s handling of longstanding problems with the city’s 911 call center.
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