WPCNR Common Council Chronicle-Examiner. By John F. Bailey. January 1, 2009UPDATED 4:30  P.M. E.S.T.: According to the January 4 agenda, Michael A. Genito, Assistant City Manager and Comptroller of the City of Rye will be appointed City Commissioner of Finance. Mayor Adam Bradley comfirmed the pending appointment New Years Day.

Mayor Adam Bradley today told WPCNR New Year's afternoon, that Mr. Genito was "a fantastic choice, the top man in municipal finance in the region." Bradley told WCPCNR that Mr. Genito would be handling responsibility of both Commissioner of Finance and Budget Director, because he has the "expertise" to handle that. Bradley said he is trying to consolidate executive positions to save money, facing an $18 Million deficit. He praised Mr. Genito's ability to handle the diverse needs of the Town of Ramapo where he managed the budget demands of a number of municipalities.

Michael Genito Assistant City Manager and Comptroller, City of Rye to be White Plains Commissioner of Finance/Budget Director.

Bradley said that his administration is still debating whether to include the Youth Bureau under the Department of Recreation and Parks, and that it has not been decided whether Albert Moroni as Commissioner of Parking and Acting Commissioner of Recreation and Parks would be handling that responsbility, too. Bradley said Frank Williams will continue to head the Youth Bureau.

According to biographical information, obtained from the Pace University website, Genito has been the Assistant City Manager and Comptroller of the City of Rye, New York, where he has served since April 1996.

Prior to joining Rye, he served as the Director of Finance for the Town of Ramapo, New York from 1991 through March 1996, and before that held the position of Treasurer with the Village of Suffern, New York from 1984 through 1990.

Genito holds an MPA in Government from Pace University (2001); an MBA in Accounting and Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University (1980), and a BFA in Music from Ramapo College in New Jersey. He was among the first to receive the GFOA designation of Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO), and the AGA designation of Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM).

Genito is currently serving on the Executive Board of the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA). He is a member and former Chair of the Standing Committee on Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Reporting, and serves as a member of the Technology Resource Group, the Special Review Committee, and the Popular Annual Financial Report Review Committee. He has also served as a member of the Nominating Committee. He is a past-President and current Board member of the New York State GFOA, where he also serves as Co-Chair of the Accounting, Auditing and Financial Reporting Committee, and as a founding member of the Technology Committee.

Genito has spoken at presentations for the GFOA, NYS-GFOA, New York Conference of Mayors, Empire State Report Conference, New York Public Finance Symposium, and a variety of other organizations. He has authored articles in publications of the GFOA, NYS-GFOA, and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA).

In addition to his work in Rye, Michael is an Adjunct Professor at Pace University, a project contributor and, according to Mayor Bradley, Director of the  Edwin G. Michaelian Institute for Public Policy and Management, and provides consulting services to local governments in the area of accounting, budgeting and financial management.