After a seven-month national search, the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board may have found its next leader nine blocks away.
Cedric Grant, Mayor Mitch Landrieu's proxy to the board, emerged Monday as the leading candidate to take over as its next executive director. The S&WB's internal search committee recommended his hiring, which the full board is scheduled to take up Wednesday.
However, should Grant not clear the board's final vote or should negotiations over his salary and benefits break down, the committee asked that Tracie Boutte, a vice president with Entergy Services Inc.