EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — The East St. Louis city manager who got the job after a failed mayoral re-election bid has been fired.
Two City Council members and the woman who defeated Alvin Parks Jr. in April voted Monday to fire him as the city struggles with a nearly $6 million budget shortfall.
Longtime city employee Edith Moore was named interim city manager.
Parks was hired in late August after a 3-2 council vote. He earned $100,000 annually, twice what he earned as mayor before voters instead selected Emeka Jackson-Hicks.
Police and firefighter pension funds in East St. Louis are suing the cash-strapped city over millions in missed payments. The city has also laid off eight police officers and 10 other employees after shelving plans to also cut several firefighter jobs.
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER
Associated Press
