Hollis dug a hole for himself at the March public Leland Town Hall meeting when it came out he does zero base budgeting to calculate the budget for the 2024-2025 budget year. Many retired people in the Leland community who had been CEOs or had been business experts in their own fields quickly called this out and explained to the council and the public why this is a mistake and is a horrible way to run a town or business. Hollis sat shamelessly in the corner as the speaker tore into the town for hiring a Town Manager and staff that could not put together a plan for a financially responsible budget. When Mr Hollis was hired on as the Town Manger and the public heard of the salary of upwards to $250,000 a yr most people felt this was outrageous. The people were not all on board with this decision by the town but the people at the time felt they could trust the town’s decision because with all the growth maybe this position would help the community budget and manage the town’s interest. If we as the town knew then what we know now I think town would have stood up to this kind of mis management sooner. Hollis is just the right arm of the Mayor and Council . As it was clearly stated in the April 8th meeting the entire council thinks Hollis is doing a great job and many other towns in the state want him and his staff for themselves. The people then quickly responded “then let them have them”.
Hollis dug a hole for himself at the March public Leland Town Hall meeting when it came out he does zero base budgeting to calculate the budget for the 2024-2025 budget year. Many retired people in the Leland community who had been CEOs or had been business experts in their own fields quickly called this out and explained to the council and the public why this is a mistake and is a horrible way to run a town or business. Hollis sat shamelessly in the corner as the speaker tore into the town for hiring a Town Manager and staff that could not put together a plan for a financially responsible budget. When Mr Hollis was hired on as the Town Manger and the public heard of the salary of upwards to $250,000 a yr most people felt this was outrageous. The people were not all on board with this decision by the town but the people at the time felt they could trust the town’s decision because with all the growth maybe this position would help the community budget and manage the town’s interest. If we as the town knew then what we know now I think town would have stood up to this kind of mis management sooner. Hollis is just the right arm of the Mayor and Council . As it was clearly stated in the April 8th meeting the entire council thinks Hollis is doing a great job and many other towns in the state want him and his staff for themselves. The people then quickly responded “then let them have them”.
They do seem surprised.