In one of his first acts as mayor of Jackson, John Horhn announced the team that will help him lead the city, including several new faces and some holdovers, at a packed meet-and-greet at the Two Mississippi Museums Thursday.
Leading the appointments as the city’s interim chief administrative officer, Pieter Teeuwissen, a former Hinds County Court Judge who served as city attorney under former mayors Harvey Johnson and Frank Melton.
The chief administrative officer is a vital position in Jackson City Hall as Teeuwissen will essentially serve as the deputy mayor, with most of the city’s departments reporting to him. So far, Teeuwissen said the job has mostly entailed a lot of reading in preparation for the city’s intensive budget process…