Supervisors Interview Engineer Candidates

Mahaska County Board of Supervisors met this week with applicants for the county engineer position in the interview process.

Oskaloosa, Iowa – The Mahaska County Board of Superiors continues the process of hiring a new county engineer after not extending the current engineers contract.

During this week, supervisors met with applicants in open session, where they asked questions of leadership style, techniques in repairs and construction of roadways, working with outside entities such as communities within the county and civic and business groups. They also asked questions of a more personal note, such as family. In turn, candidates could ask the supervisors about policy, community and other opportunities that might impact their decision to come to Mahaska County.

Mahaska County Supervisor Mike Vander Molen said that the current interview process will be followed up by feedback from the community, “people that have a vested interest in who we hire”. The supervisors will then meet to further discuss the candidates. After all the considerations are weighed and a decision made, a contract will be offered to the winning candidate. “Once we come to terms with that applicant, I think we’ll probably do a three year contract”, which would take effect July 1, 2014.