Janssen out.Janssen Out: Longtime long·time adj. Having existed or persisted for a long time: a longtime friend; a longtime resident of Detroit. longtime Adjective Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County Chief Administrative Officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is responsible for administrative management of private, public or governmental corporations. The CAO is one of the highest ranking members of an organization, managing daily operations and usually reporting directly to the chief executive David Janssen informed the Board of Supervisors that he plans to retire in January after 10 years on the job. Janssen, 61, was appointed by the Board of Supervisors in 1996. The county had just avoided bankruptcy after the health department's budget imploded im·plode v. im·plod·ed, im·plod·ing, im·plodes v.intr. To collapse inward violently. v.tr. 1. To cause to collapse inward violently. 2. . Over the next 10 years, Janssen and the board largely held the line on spending and put the county on more solid fiscal footing. In his letter, Janssen praised the Board of Supervisors for their fiscal management, which "has made my job of managing the budget very easy." However, Janssen leaves office with the health department still in turmoil. The last of a series of federal waivers--which bailed out the county with over $1 billion in funds--is set to expire next year, leaving the health department with a deficit in the hundreds of millions of dollars. And a long-running management scandal at King-Drew Medical Center has also taken its toll. |
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