From WROX:
At yesterday’s meeting of the Clarksdale Public Utilities board, longtime resident Bubba O’Keefe expressed disappointment at the board’s decision to terminate General Manager Mark Johnson, CFO Steve Reed and communications director Chris Campos, citing positive momentum within CPU during their tenure.
O’Keefe stated that the public is frustrated by not knowing why the three were fired; in responding board attorney David Hunt said that personnel actions are exempt from public access without written consent of the employees involved.
In other action the board approved an agreement to pay the Clarksdale/Coahoma County Chamber of Commerce $35,000 per year, of $8750 per quarter, to promote utility sales including recruiting commercial, business and industrial customers to locate in the CPU service area.
