Bethel’s finance director resigns after city budget finalized

Bethel City Manager Peter Williams, left, and then-Finance Director Jim Chevigny review the FY 2018 budget at Bethel City Hall on June 8, 2017. Chevigny resigned Wednesday, June 27, 2018. (Photo by Christine Trudeau/KYUK)
Bethel City Manager Peter Williams, left, and then-Finance Director Jim Chevigny review the FY 2018 budget at Bethel City Hall on June 8, 2017. Chevigny resigned Wednesday, June 27, 2018. (Photo by Christine Trudeau/KYUK)

City of Bethel finance director Jim Chevigny unexpectedly resigned.

His resignation comes right after the city’s budget was finalized.

The city administration confirmed Wednesday that Chevigny’s resignation is effective immediately, adding that they do not expect any disruption to the Finance Department’s operations.

The assistant finance director’s duties already were being performed for Bethel through a contract with a certified public accounting firm.

Bethel plans to hire another CPA in the coming weeks.

The city administration did not comment on Chevigny’s departure.

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