Lawmakers ponder governor's staff budgeting

Some Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee members aren't sure they like Gov. Eric Greitens' proposal to split Chief Operating Officer Drew Erdmann's salary among several state departments.

Erdmann — who started working for the state on Feb. 20 after working as a government planner for the Washington, D.C.-based McKinsey & Company consulting firm — is the governor's choice to be Missouri's first chief operating officer (COO).

Greitens said the job will help "make government work better."

Senate Majority Leader Mike Kehoe, R-Jefferson City, told the News Tribune, "If you look at this from strictly a business point of view — that's usually how most organizations would do it, whether a for-profit or a nonprofit.

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