...the kind of financial problems Augusta had before Mr. Persaud's arrival. Augusta went 17 months without a permanent finance director before hiring him away from Savannah, and since then, city audits have recorded marked improvements. Chatham...

...jeopardy came earlier in the meeting when some commissioners criticized him for the lack of progress in hiring a permanent finance director and general counsel to head the city's law department. Mr. Kolb said the finance director's job had attracted...

...She will be paid $100,000 a year. Commissioners also voted to make interim Finance Director Donna Williams permanent finance director and pay her $110,000, plus 5 percent deferred compensation. Weapons charges are dropped against man Weapons...