County Executive elect Chris Collins held his first press conference on the 16th floor of the Rath building after a meeting with current County Executive Joel Giambra, to answer any questions about the transition from the Giambra administration.

As per the county charter, a few positions like Personnel Director will remain on collins staff until there terms expire. He also mentioned that tomorrow he will name the chair people of his transition committee that will soon occupy a 2nd floor office in the rath building.

As for the six sigma black belt nonsense, a few ninja’s have apparently already been in contact with him, but whether it was as consultants or full time hires was unclear. While Collins mentioned some black belts from HSBC and Moog have already contacted him, he said a nationwide search will continue as he finds the bestest, brightest, “colorful” candidates he can find…

Watch the video of today’s Press Conference