Palmer Leaving Mount Kisco for Bronxville

Bronxville has hired James Palmer, currently the Village Manager of Mount Kisco, as its new Village Administrator, according to Bronxville Mayor Mary Marvin.

Here's part of what Marvin wrote about him:

After a very deliberate process, we have chosen James (Jim) M. Palmer as our new Administrator.   Jim has been the Village Manager of Mount Kisco since 2006.  Prior to being elevated to Manager, Jim wore almost every hat in municipal government including the titles of Town and Village Clerk, Assessor, Building Inspector and Human Resources Manager.   In essence, Jim has sat in every seat of those he will be supervising.   

Jim dealt successfully with many of the issues that have also presented themselves here in Bronxville in recent years.  He guided the demolition and then construction of a new library, navigated the FEMA grant process, and worked with a small business district in need of revitalization after the economic downturn.   In addition, he has worked very collaboratively with his community hospital, Northern Westchester, which will be a template for the same in our Village.

Of great need/importance at this juncture for Village government, Jim has great computer acumen and under his leadership Mount Kisco was the first Westchester community to digitize all tax maps, the entire water and sewer infrastructure and all land parcels are available on a state of the art GIS system.

Jim will leave Mount Kisco with a much improved bond rating as well as a fund balance representing 25% of the general fund – the gold standard.