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Tioga County IDA leans toward hiring an administrator after months of vacancies
Summary
After an extended debate over whether to recruit a director or an administrator, members of the Tioga County IDA agreed to move forward with posting an administrator position and assigned the governance committee to finalize the job description and handle initial interviews.
Members of the Tioga County Industrial Development Agency spent a substantial portion of the June meeting debating whether to post for a director-level executive or to recruit an administrator to handle day-to-day operations.
The Chair framed the issue as a choice between hiring an administrator now to stabilize operations and continuing to search for a director who could be expected to secure large, revenue-generating projects. "If we hire an administrator now, you're fine till the end of the year because Leanne is the consultant just in the background," the Chair said, describing a plan to provide short-term consultant support while an administrator gets up to speed.
Several board members said an administrator posting makes practical sense given the current workload, budget constraints and the difficulty of finding a director-level candidate with the full range of required technical skills. One member argued an administrator should have basic finance skills, be able to answer phones and direct applicants to loan programs; another warned against expecting an administrator to function as a director immediately.
The governance committee was tasked with finalizing an updated job description and conducting initial interviews; the committee will return recommendations to the full board. Members also discussed compensation benchmarking against county positions and whether the role should be full- or part-time; early consensus favored hiring a full-time administrator and using governance to steer the posting and selection.
