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Sedgwick County’s new assistant county manager outlines infrastructure priorities, 20-year tenure
Summary
Assistant County Manager Tanya Cole described her 20-year career at Sedgwick County and detailed capital-improvement priorities including a DNA lab addition, an emergency management center, a consolidated Comcare complex and a community crisis center currently in design.
Sedgwick County Assistant County Manager Tanya Cole told Commissioner Jeff Lubault that her 20-year career with the county has spanned roles from management intern to director-level posts and that she is overseeing several large capital projects intended to address the county’s building and service needs.
Cole, who said her parents immigrated to Wichita in 1960, said she earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from Wichita State University and has worked in county budgeting, communications, project services and facilities. "I started out as a management intern and kind of moved my way through Sedgwick County," Cole said.
The projects she described are part of the county’s capital-improvement program and aim to address long-term space and service needs, she said. "We…
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