CRHA Board to vote on resolution to invite Sales to stay as executive director

The Board of Commissioners of the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority will meet for a work session this Thursday scheduled for 6 p.m. in City Hall.

The first item is a resolution to formally invite John Sales to continue on as CRHA executive director. He’s been in the position since August 2020.

The CRHA had announced his resignation in late August but the Board adopted a resolution on October 8 to ask him to stay.

Now they’ll adopt a resolution offering a $20,000 retention bonus and to begin negotiations on a new employment agreement.

“The Board of Commissioners of CRHA recognizes the scope and complexity of the Executive Director position, the importance of leadership continuity, and the experience, expertise and knowledge that Mr. Sales brings to CRHA,” reads Resolution #1511.

“The Board would like to invite Mr. Sales to continue serving as Executive Director of CRHA under a renewed leadership framework,” the resolution continues.

That would involve establishing shared priorities.

The second item is a primer on the Charlottesville Community Development Corporation. The entity was created in 2019 to facilitate the redevelopment and expansion of public housing stock and other units maintained by the CRHA.

Two Charlottesville Tomorrow stories from around that time are good places to learn more before the meeting if you have questions.

• Riverbend eyed for redevelopment of city public housing, Emily Hays, September 20, 2018
• Riverbend and CRHA finalize contract for public housing redevelopment, Emily Hays, January 7, 2019

One note. The calendar on the CRHA website does not have a link to the meeting materials and the calendar lists this meeting as beginning at 5 p.m.

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