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Commissioners approve promotion of workforce development administrator despite objections
Summary
The board confirmed the promotion of Dimitri Liogas to workforce development board administrator; a commissioner raised procedural and equity concerns about candidate selection, which were addressed by HR and then voted down as the motion passed.
The Trumbull County Board of Commissioners approved a personnel action promoting Dimitri Liogas from administrative assistant to workforce development board administrator, effective Sept. 23, 2024, with a pay rate recorded in the meeting file. The clerk presented the promotion and the board voted to approve the personnel action.
Commissioner (speaker 5) raised questions during the discussion about whether the position had been advertised in its revised form, whether the minimum qualifications had changed and why other candidates, including an identified candidate with an MPA, were not presented to the board. Alex Ewing Johnson Bush, the county human resources director, responded that the bachelor’s-degree and other minimum qualifications had not changed and that the administrative assistant duties were absorbed into the administrator role, explaining the reclassification. HR said documentation of the recruitment and attachments were provided to commissioners in advance.
The record shows tension in the exchange: the commissioner pressing for more documentation described concerns about diversity and the county’s practice of promoting internal candidates; HR and other commissioners defended the advertised requirements and the internal promotion. The board approved the promotion by majority vote.
Next steps: implementation of the promotion with the stated effective date and payroll change; the record does not show additional follow-up or binding conditions.
