MANATEE COUNTY – Manatee County CFO Jan Brewer resigns amid administrative turmoil. Brewer submitted a letter of resignation on Tuesday, citing concerns about County Administrator Scott Hopes.
Brewer wrote that she discovered last Tuesday that Hopes directed staff to withhold information from her that relates to employees. When she confronted Hopes, he told her he did not give the direction, but Brewer said it was his office that gave the direction to Human Resources two weeks before her discovery.
She plans to vacate the position after June 8, the date of the county’s first budget workshop session of the year.
Hopes, who was hired on April 1, 2021, was publicly scrutinized after Manatee County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Angelina Colonneso raised concerns over a lack of communication and transparency under his administration, and for financial malfeasance.
