Dauphin County commissioners
Two top economic development officials will soon be replaced by the Dauphin County commissioners.
According to documents obtained by TheBurg, George Connor, the long-time executive director for the county’s Department of Community and Economic Development, will retire next Wednesday.
Connor’s deputy director of resources and planning, Daniel Robinson, was fired at the end of March, according to the documents.
These officials sat at the top of a department that spearheads programs to encourage business and industry growth in Dauphin County.
The commissioners voted 2-1 last week to approve Robinson’s termination. Commission Chair Justin Douglas voted “no” for what he said was “the termination of a valuable employee with no disciplinary record.”
“I adamantly oppose,” he said at the April 1 meeting.
The chair said that he was not consulted when Robinson was fired, and that he did not receive an explanation surrounding the personnel move.
“This individual works in the department of which I have oversight. Yet, to reiterate, my colleagues terminated him without consulting or including me and without cause,” Douglas said.
Connor’s retirement was unanimously approved by the commissioners in last week’s meeting, as was the posting of both positions to allow the county to seek replacements.
Connor’s last day is listed as April 15.
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