PLYMOUTH — During their regular monthly meeting last Thursday, the Marshall County Plan Commission reviewed the options for filling the role of Plan Director for the county.
Earlier in the year, Ty Adley resigned from that position to accept a similar role with the city of Plymouth and the position remains vacant.
The County briefly hired Lydia Dutton, who left the job after a month.
Since then, Plan Commission Administrative Assistant Lori Lowry, along with County Attorney Sean Surrissi, Plan Commission Attorney Derek Jones, and Code Enforcement Plan specialist Philip Smith, have collaborated to perform the day-to-day activities of the office.
The Plan Commission discussed the possibility of contracting plan services out to an outside engineering firm for at least a short period to have the services of a consultant with the special training necessary for some of the duties of the office.
One engineering firm that performs such consulting services had been contacted and a contract proposal was discussed for a length of three months. Much of the work would be by phone or email with a larger fee charged for a consultant to be present in the particular county office day to day.
Plan and County Commissioners President Stan Klotz brought up the contract stating that the county had also received an application for the job but had not yet reached out to interview the prospective candidate. A subcommittee was formed earlier in the year to sort through candidates for the job.
Klotz asked the board their wishes moving forward, and after discussion, the Commission decided that before agreeing to a consulting contract, the subcommittee should vet the current applicant before the Plan Commission’s April meeting and move on from there.
Klotz did tell the board that if the applicant proved worthy of pursuing a special meeting of the Plan Commission would likely be advertised to interview them before the next meeting.
