Cox Resigns After 13 Years With City
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Jennifer Whitaker, Warsaw human resources director, made the announcement during Friday's Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety meeting.
"She was a good employee and we are sorry to see her go and wish her luck," Whitaker said.
Joe Thallemer, board member, said Cox contributed a lot to the city.
"She was instrumental in the completion of the Lake City Greenway and will be an asset in her new job," Thallemer said.
Cox was first hired by Warsaw in September 1996 when she served as the building and planning department's secretarial support. She was promoted to an office manager in the department in 2001, and in 2004 she became the city's building and planning coordinator. She wrote staff reports for Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals and served as secretary for the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission.
Cox said, during an interview Friday, she is resigning from the city's community development coordinator position for relocation reasons. She and her husband are wanting to move to South Bend so they can eliminate some commuting to Warsaw. She and her husband currently live in Plymouth.
Cox said she will miss the people of Warsaw the most.
"I loved working with the people, and it has been a very rewarding position," Cox said. "It has been a privilege to have served. Warsaw is a great community and I am going to miss it."
Cox said she will work with the U.S. Marshal Service in South Bend, doing data management for the marshal service.
As community development coordinator, her responsibilities were overseeing the city's special projects mostly with the downtown streetscape and the Lake City Greenway.
Cox worked with the Lake City Greenway steering committee in the construction of the greenway and the completion of the construction of the Chinworth Bridge Trail.
She said the groundwork was laid for the construction of the trails, and by the time she became community development coordinator the city was ready to start construction.
She said in the past 13 years working as a city employee, she has seen a lot of changes.
"We have a strong manufacturing base with the orthopedics, and I think that spills over to other businesses too, and shows with the increase in retail with Kohl's, Menards, and Wal-Mart," she said.
She said the orthopedics industry provides stability to the community.[[In-content Ad]]
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Jennifer Whitaker, Warsaw human resources director, made the announcement during Friday's Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety meeting.
"She was a good employee and we are sorry to see her go and wish her luck," Whitaker said.
Joe Thallemer, board member, said Cox contributed a lot to the city.
"She was instrumental in the completion of the Lake City Greenway and will be an asset in her new job," Thallemer said.
Cox was first hired by Warsaw in September 1996 when she served as the building and planning department's secretarial support. She was promoted to an office manager in the department in 2001, and in 2004 she became the city's building and planning coordinator. She wrote staff reports for Warsaw Board of Zoning Appeals and served as secretary for the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission.
Cox said, during an interview Friday, she is resigning from the city's community development coordinator position for relocation reasons. She and her husband are wanting to move to South Bend so they can eliminate some commuting to Warsaw. She and her husband currently live in Plymouth.
Cox said she will miss the people of Warsaw the most.
"I loved working with the people, and it has been a very rewarding position," Cox said. "It has been a privilege to have served. Warsaw is a great community and I am going to miss it."
Cox said she will work with the U.S. Marshal Service in South Bend, doing data management for the marshal service.
As community development coordinator, her responsibilities were overseeing the city's special projects mostly with the downtown streetscape and the Lake City Greenway.
Cox worked with the Lake City Greenway steering committee in the construction of the greenway and the completion of the construction of the Chinworth Bridge Trail.
She said the groundwork was laid for the construction of the trails, and by the time she became community development coordinator the city was ready to start construction.
She said in the past 13 years working as a city employee, she has seen a lot of changes.
"We have a strong manufacturing base with the orthopedics, and I think that spills over to other businesses too, and shows with the increase in retail with Kohl's, Menards, and Wal-Mart," she said.
She said the orthopedics industry provides stability to the community.[[In-content Ad]]
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