DAYTONA Beach front SHORES — When Kurt Swartzlander, 51, was appointed town manager before this year, a person of the 1st responsibilities the former finance director confronted was employing his substitution.
Swartzlander promoted Lory Irwin, 48, from assistant finance director to finance director — she started on Saturday, June 4.
Irwin joined the town 9 many years back as the accountant in the finance division and labored her way to assistant finance director in February 2017, doing the job carefully alongside Swartzlander.
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“I’m thrilled about this new option and believe my education and learning and knowledge have ready me perfectly,” Irwin wrote in an electronic mail to The Information-Journal. “I’ve learned a good deal about fiscal management from Kurt more than the previous four a long time, and he will carry on to be my mentor. We assume a smooth transition, and I’m looking forward to functioning with Kurt and the rest of the administration crew on the city’s economic soundness.”
As director, Irwin will handle the finance section, which include accounts payable, accounts receivable and utility billing. She will put together the annual fiscal stories support the town supervisor in making ready and checking the city’s yearly price range administer the city’s expense plan make sure TRIM (Truth of the matter in Millage) compliance FEMA reporting compliance and planning and grant solicitation and compliance, according to a release from the city.
Irwin attended SUNY Institute of Technologies in her native New York for her undergraduate and Learn of Accountancy levels.
She is a licensed general public accountant and a Florida-licensed govt finance officer. Upon relocating to Florida 11 decades ago, Irwin served as a income tax auditor for the Florida Department of Profits and afterwards as the accounting manager for the Council on Growing older of Volusia County.
After paying out off much more than $10 million in personal debt early last calendar year, the city is in “a good posture fiscally,” Swartzlander mentioned in a push release. Irwin stated that the division has been jogging the city like a business enterprise, “using a conservative fiscal method.”
“We figure out that our citizens and firms are the shareholders, and we operate extremely hard to shield their equity,” she mentioned. “Specifically, our system is to manage extensive-time period liabilities and recurring fees, to constantly finances for depreciation and to be thorough about investing. We just take that fiscal responsibility incredibly critically.”
Irwin extra that a regular management group and sound plans will be vital to keeping the town “on the right route with our monetary posture.”
“Like all governments and enterprises, there are generally opportunity difficulties,” Irwin mentioned. “We do our most effective to strategy to foreseeable future money demands, but improvements in the financial system and weather conditions emergencies can in some cases consequence in unforeseen costs. We are continually keeping our eye on opportunity difficulties and react if and when we require to.”
Irwin is the current president of the Volusia/Flagler Chapter of the Florida Federal government Finance Officers Affiliation. She is also the city’s crisis management liaison at the Volusia County EOC all through emergencies.
Irwin’s once-a-year salary will be $110,000.
Swartzlander starts as new town supervisor
Getting labored with the city’s new finance director for the earlier 4 years, Swartzlander is self-assured in Irwin’s capabilities as he started his have new purpose in the metropolis on Monday.
“Lory has served in a management role in finance for various decades and has demonstrated herself to be an excellent chief with sturdy skills in budgeting and fiscal reporting,” Swartzlander explained in a push release. “She embraces Daytona Beach Shores’ conservative fiscal method and determination to economical excellence, and I know she will be a important addition to our administration group.”
The Metropolis Council appointed Swartzlander as the city’s future city manager previously this year, soon after Michael Booker declared his ideas to retire. Booker had been in the write-up for 22 several years — he has been in cancer treatment method due to the fact 2020.
Swartzlander was initially expected to phase in in July as town manager on the other hand, Booker and his wife, who is a teacher, needed a lot more time off in the summer.
Swartzlander had been serving as assistant city supervisor for about a year. He said he programs to establish on the foundation laid by Booker and the City Council around the previous two a long time.
Among the his priorities as metropolis manager are recruiting staff members for difficult-to-fill positions, advancing technological know-how and automatic companies, and upgrading the sewer process in partnership with neighboring governments.
“The city is in a good situation, fiscally,” Swartzlander explained. “As leaders, we have to strike the proper balance concerning delivering the large-top quality providers our citizens are accustomed to, arranging for a wet working day with enough reserves, and running the budget appropriately to keep the tax price lower.”
Swartzlander is initially from Michigan, where by he obtained his undergraduate degree from Kalamazoo School, then acquired a Learn of Business Administration diploma from Stetson University in DeLand. His initially federal government posture was as an accountant for the Metropolis of Holly Hill, from 2002-05. In addition to his community experience, he has worked in the personal sector in electrical contracting and meals offer.
He was also a founding vice president of the Volusia/Flagler Chapter of the Florida Government Finance Officers Association.
Swartzlander’s annual income is $153,000.
“Kurt Swartzlander has been a valued member of our administration group, and the Metropolis Council and I come to feel privileged to have an individual with his expertise, encounter and determination as our new city supervisor,” explained Daytona Beach front Shores mayor Nancy Miller. “We welcome Kurt to this new part and seem forward to working with him in the decades to come.”
This write-up originally appeared on The Daytona Seaside News-Journal: Daytona Beach front Shores names Lory Irwin new finance director