Termed in a City of Muncie press release earlier this week as a “significant development following the recent city council decision to defund his position,” former Deputy Mayor Richard Ivy has accepted the position of HR Director with the Muncie Sanitary District. The MSD didn’t have a separate HR gig until it was created in 2024’s budgeting process, according to Board President Stephan Brand, and was only funded for the second half of 2025.
More on the hiring of Richard Ivy as HR Director of the Muncie Sanitary District Board President Stephan Brand’s “notes” indicated candidate interviews didn’t happen until August 28th, and September 11th, though Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour read a portion of Ivy’s resignation letter on October 30th on a social media post. Amber Greene, who’s position was also defunded by City Council responded to our questions that the HR job was posted internally for one week, and externally for 2 weeks, and 4 of the 12 applicants were interviewed. She also shared Ivy’s salary goes up from just over $71,000 as Deputy Mayor of Muncie, to just over $76,000 with MSD.
Busy sports day on WMUN tomorrow: an abbreviated Power Hour with Mark Forester starts 4:00 p.m., then BSU men start 4:40 p.m., women scheduled for 7:10 p.m. From Learfield.
Warrior Walk this Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Muncie Central HS track. All are welcome. Veterans Month salutes continue on our MuncieJournal.com, with Letters to Vets everyday.
