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Pataskala ad hoc committee sets March 17 presentation, will select finance director after staff interviews
Summary
Pataskala City ad hoc committee agreed to present a candidate to the City Council on March 17 after staff conducts interviews the week of March 10; members were split between immediately advancing an applicant and reopening the search.
Pataskala City’s ad hoc committee on the finance director search agreed to have administrative staff and department directors interview a finalist the week of March 10 and to formally present a selected candidate to City Council during the March 17 council meeting, the committee said at the close of an executive-session discussion.
The decision matters because it advances the hiring process for the city’s finance director, a senior staff role responsible for city finance operations and budgeting. The ad hoc committee said it will meet at 5:30–6:00 p.m. on March 17 to make its formal selection and then present that selection to council; the committee plans to dissolve after the presentation.
Discussion during the meeting, which followed an executive session, showed a split among committee members on whether to move forward with one of the two recent applicants or to continue recruiting. An unnamed ad hoc committee member said, “I am of the opinion that we should look for another candidate that meets the criteria within the advertised the advertisement for this position and I would want to adjust the schedule to allow time for us to do that.”
Mike, an ad hoc committee member, replied that he favored advancing one applicant quickly. He said, “I’m in the opinion that we go with 1 of the applicants, and that we, as soon as possible, get the administration and the directors and all that good stuff to sit down with with this applicant and and go through an interview process with that person so we can keep moving along.” Mister Gillette, another committee member, also said he favored moving forward “as quickly as possible with staff.”
Jess, identified in the meeting as a staff member, confirmed scheduling logistics: staff expects to set up interviews the week before the directors’ meeting and to schedule the ad hoc committee meeting for 5:30–6:00 p.m. on March 17 so the selection can be placed on the council agenda that night.
Committee members repeatedly emphasized informal appreciation for staff work on the process. Committee member Kelly thanked staff for the preparation and smooth conduct of interviews, saying the process had “gone very smoothly for what it is for as important position it is for the city.”
The ad hoc committee recorded procedural steps on the record: it came out of executive session by motion, set the staff interview timeframe for the week of March 10, scheduled the ad hoc meeting for 5:30–6:00 p.m. on March 17 to select a candidate, and agreed the committee would be dissolved after presenting the selection to council. The meeting ended with a motion to adjourn that was seconded and approved by the members present.
No formal hiring decision was recorded during this meeting; the committee’s stated next step is to have staff and department directors interview the candidate(s), then meet March 17 to make a formal selection and forward that choice to City Council for action.
