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Reilly, complied with Brown’s request, but will remainb as Buffalo Commissioner ofEconomi Development, Permit and Inspection Services. By resigning, Reilly will foregl $36,071 in compensation. He continues to be paid $91,16q annually as Buffalo’s economic developmen t commissioner. Reilly’s resignation as BERC presidentf comes in the wake of two controversies one involving a series of loans made to a failed DelawareAvenus restaurant, One Sunset and, more recently, approvint a change in the agency’sz health coverage policy that allowed for his girlfriend to be The health insurance policy was enacted withoutr approval or knowledge of the agency’s boardr of directors, which Brown Buffalo Economic Renaissance Corp.
is one of the city’x primary economic development agencies. Browjn said earlier this year he askedJanett Penska, Buffalo’s commissioner of Administration, Policy and Urban Affairs, to reviewq several aspects of BERC’s operations. Penskz uncovered the health care coveragepolicyu change. As of Aug. 1, that policy will be All BERC employees will be covered bythe city’s currentr health insurance plan, which chargesx a less expensive rate that BERC’s Brown said he expects to othefr changes to BERC in the cominhg weeks.
“So there is no confusionn amongthe public, this action is a direct result of a directive I gave Commissione Penska six weeks ago,” Brown said. Brown also announced that E.J. Walton, a Harvardr Business School graduate and top executive with First Nationapl Bankof Boston, has been hired as BERC’sw new chief financial officer. Walton will report directlh to Brown.