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McCormick submits his resignation
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DeleteAfter more than six years as Warren County’s director of economic development, Jeff McCormick tendered his resignation Friday.According to Industrial Development Board chairman Joe Pugh, McCormick resigned Friday and will work until the end of the year. His last day will be Dec. 31.“We will meet to determine a plan of action,” said Pugh when asked what the Industrial Development Board will do to find a replacement.The director of economic development works for the 10-member Industrial Development Board. City and county government each appoint five members to the IDB with the county providing the bulk of the funding for economic development.Earlier this year, some members of the Warren County Commission threatened to reduce IDB funding if McCormick was not fired.