LA: Mayor-Elect Cantrell Asks New Orleans RTA to Delay New Management Hires

Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell has asked the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority to put a pin in its search for a new executive director as well as plans to restructure other upper management staff.

Last month, RTA's board of commissioners was pitched a proposal for the agency to add a handful a new senior-level staff, including a chief financial officer, a general counsel and a deputy to handle route planning and development.

The new management structure is part of an oversight review from Jared Munster, the city's safety and permits director, who serves as Mayor Mitch Landrieu's liaison to RTA.

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