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Wadena County Commissioners: Interim administrator is appointed while search is on for qualified candidate


by Trinity Gruenberg

The Wadena County Commissioners held their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 15.

County Administrator

The board discussed options with  Liza Donabauer with DDA (David Drown Associates) about the plan to look for a new county administrator. 

Donabauer explained they are looking at a four-week job posting after the first of the year. They will review candidates and select semi-finalists and have them do interviews, work personality index, and answer information disclosure questions. They will review and select finalists. The process would bring them into early March before they hire a new administrator.

The commissioners asked if they could look back at the previous nine semi-finalists and see if any of them would be interested in another interview. If there isn’t a large enough candidate pool to select from, they can begin the advertising process for new applicants. 

Commissioner Bill Stearns added that he didn’t want DDA to start anything until the first of the year, so it gave them time to look at things. They will have a new board in January, and he wants them to make the decision. The board agreed to wait until January and asked for the previous finalists’ resumes....


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