New Washington City Administrator search is on

The Washington City Council will advertise to fill the position of Washington City Administrator, which will be vacated in late April by Tim Schook, who will resign to take a job in Arma.
The council had a special meeting to discuss the impending vacancy at noon today, Feb. 28. There had been some rumor of suggestions that the City ought to try to do without the position and have department heads take up extra responsibilities. I figure, once you give each department head some extra pay to fulfill those duties, you won’t be saving much money and some responsibilities will start falling through the cracks.
It is imperative that the council hire a qualified, experienced individual to fill the position. Every applicant should be judged with the utmost in scrutiny to make sure we will not miss a step in continuing forward progress in the community. There’s too much good going on right now to trip up with a bad hire.