Eleven applicants left for administrator job

The candidates will be interviewed beginning June 14.
By DENISE DICK
VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER
BOARDMAN -- Trumbull County's administrator and Hubbard's city auditor are among the 11 candidates on the short list to be township administrator.
Robyn Gallitto, trustee chairwoman, said interviews have been scheduled beginning June 14.
Seventy-one people applied for the post vacant since March 31 when trustees fired long-time administrator Curt Seditz without cause. The deputy administrator had been appointed acting administrator, but she has since resigned for another job.
Under Ohio law, in the absence of an administrator, the trustee chairman fulfills those duties, officials have said.
Each trustee whittled the list down to those they wanted to interview to develop the list of 11.
"There were quite a few [applicants] that all three of us wanted to learn more about," Gallitto said.
Narrowing the list
Some of the others to be interviewed were on the narrowed lists of two of the trustees, she said.
A time line hasn't been established for when the post will be filled, and trustees will decide how to proceed after the interviews with the candidates are completed, Gallitto said.
The 11 candidates:
Darrel Carlyle of West Des Moines, Iowa; city administrator/city clerk in Bondurat, Iowa, from 1999 to this year; education not indicated,
Anthony J. Carson of Cortland. Trumbull County administrator since January 2004; expected to earn an MBA from Valdosta University in July; bachelor's degree in general studies at Kent State University.
Richard A. Clark of Jefferson Hills, Pa.; manager of borough of Jefferson Hills, 1993 to 2006, and former administrator of Newton Falls, 1990 to 1993; bachelor's in political science, the Citadel.
William L. Cowan of East Liverpool; city engineer, director of planning, service-safety director, of East Liverpool since 1992; bachelor's degree in civil engineering, Youngstown State University.
Richard Downey of Rock Falls, Ill.; city administrator since 2003, Rock Falls, Ill.; master's degree in public administration from Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Mich.; bachelor's degree in political science, KSU.
M. Robert Flanagan of Elyria; assistant prosecutor at the Lorain County prosecutor's office since 1989; juris doctorate from Cleveland Marshall College of Law; bachelor's degree from Cleveland State University.
John Lehman of Kent; director of department of budgeting and financial management, Portage County commissioners; master's degree in public administration, American University; bachelor's degree from MacMurray College, Jacksonville, Ill.
Jeffrey Patterson of Canfield, (not the township police chief); director of fiscal operations, Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership, Youngstown since 1995; master's and bachelor's degrees from YSU.
Randy Robertson of Milford, Ohio; chief of staff of Army White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 2005; master of science degree in urban planning from Johns Hopkins University; bachelor of arts degree from Western Kentucky University.
Barry Tiffany of West Chester, Ohio; township administrator, Sugarcreek Township, Ohio, since April 2005; education not listed.
Michael Villano of Hubbard; city auditor, Hubbard, since 1998; master's degree in public administration, Cleveland State University; bachelor's degree from YSU.