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Lee County Commission approves COO job description and posts opening with salary range
Summary
The Lee County Commission voted to approve a chief operating officer job description and a salary range of $1.75–$2.25 (thousand per year) and to post the position for two weeks to solicit applicants.
The Lee County Commission on Tuesday approved a job description and salary range for a new chief operating officer position and directed staff to post the opening for a two‑week application period.
Commissioner Cannon introduced the motion to approve the job description and to set a salary range “of $1.75 to $2.25, depending on the experience,” and asked that the position be posted as soon as possible to see “what kind of pool of applicants we can get.”
The commission discussed the county’s growth as background for creating the role. “Lee County’s got a 85,000 people here now, which is a lot bigger than it was 30 years ago,” Cannon said, framing the need for an additional senior administrative post.
Commissioners spoke in favor of moving forward if the selected candidate proved to be the right fit for Lee County. After a second and a short period of discussion, the motion passed with an affirmative roll call vote.
The action was limited to approving the job description, the salary range as stated, and authorizing the position to be advertised; no candidate was selected and no hiring decision was made at the meeting.
The posting period the commission approved was two weeks; additional recruitment details and whether the commission will use an external recruiter were not specified during the meeting.
