May 4th, 2011
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Author: Two candidates for the job of Jefferson County’s first professional county manager will be interviewed Friday morning.
County commissioners will individually interview Harry Jones, the county manager of Mecklenburg County, N.C., which contains Charlotte, and Patrick Thompson, the former county administrator for Hamilton County, Ohio, which contains Cincinnati.
The County Commission will hold a news conference with the candidates at 5 p.m. Thursday at Linn Park on the steps of the Jefferson County Courthouse.
A third candidate chosen as a finalist has withdrawn from the process. The finalists were selected from an initial field of 56 applicants, officials said.
Hiring one of the finalists requires approval of four commissioners.
Earlier this year, the county hired Dallas-based Waters Consulting Group, a national search firm that specializes in recruiting city and county managers, to find qualified candidates.
The state Legislature passed a law in 2009 that mandated the commission hire a county manager by April 1, 2011. Lawmakers extended the deadline to June 1 to give the commission more time to find the best candidates.
Editor’s note: Changed at 7:18 p.m. to report that interviews are Friday.
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