Jacksonville Housing Authority board terminates CEO after she declined to resign

The Jacksonville Housing Authority board voted Tuesday unanimously to terminate CEO Cheron Corbett at a special meeting.Corbett was terminated without cause, effective immediately. Her contract states she could receive 22 weeks of salary, or more than $100,000. Officials said she was given the opportunity to resign over the weekend but declined.Last week, Corbett proposed that she and senior leadership receive a 12% share of developer fees on new housing authority projects. On one project, that could have amounted to a $1 million commission. Corbett makes an annual salary of $300,000.During Tuesday’s meeting, board Chairman Daniel Blanchard listed his concerns about the authority and its leadership.“My issues, I think, are within the organization. I think there are operational issues, cultural issues, financial issues,” he said. “The books are a mess. The million-dollar bonus concept, I think, was horrific. And then, last but not least, the forced resignation of Commissioner Brock in r