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Grant County offers veteran service officer job to finalist after final interviews
Summary
After final-round interviews with three finalists, the Grant County board voted to offer the veteran service officer position to Maya and tasked the personnel committee with finalizing pay, training overlap and possible shared/dual-role arrangements; commissioners discussed recruitment challenges and regional sharing options.
Grant County commissioners voted to offer the county veteran service officer (VSO) position to a finalist following final-round interviews with three candidates.
Personnel committee members said they interviewed 15 applicants earlier in the hiring process and narrowed the field to five, then to three finalists after two withdrew because of schedule or coverage conflicts. The board conducted a structured interview for each finalist and discussed qualifications, candidate availability and how the VSO role might be structured to improve recruitment and service coverage.
Candidates described motivations and relevant experience. One candidate, identified later in the meeting as David Lean Jr., emphasized empathy, step‑by‑step guidance through complex Veterans Affairs benefit processes and the importance of follow-through. A second finalist, Brent, highlighted nonprofit and habitat-rehabilitation experience and said long-term stability and networking would be priorities. The finalist the board selected, Maya, described how the VSO duties might be blended with emergency-management work to spread VSO responsibilities over five days and create administrative efficiencies while ensuring veterans could find the service in county offices.
Commissioners discussed operational details: the current VSO position is roughly 30–32 hours per week, two candidates withdrew citing full‑time schedule constraints, and neighboring counties have in some cases merged or shared VSO roles. Several commissioners said a shared or dual-role arrangement could help recruitment and efficiency but raised questions about pay, coverage when the VSO is absent and the need for a formal plan.
A motion to offer the position to Maya and have the personnel committee develop final terms (including pay and training overlap with the outgoing VSO, Rob) was made and seconded (second by Doyle). The board voted to carry the motion; commissioners directed the personnel committee to meet before the next Tuesday to finalize the details and ensure training overlap because Rob will finish at the end of the outgoing officer’s term.
The chair said staff will notify all three finalists of the decision and the personnel committee will return with a plan for compensation, scheduling and any inter-county sharing arrangements.
