Officials narrow search for administrator

WARREN — Trumbull County commissioners have narrowed their list of finalists to five people still under consideration to be the next county administrator.

Commissioner Frank Fuda said he and fellow commissioners Dan Polivka and Paul Heltzel have interviewed each of the five and are talking to associates of the five to gain a better perspective on their ability to work with others.

The five include Gary Engstrom, current director of the county’s Office of Elderly Affairs; Rocky Riviella, controller for the county engineer’s department; Thomas Grabarczyk of Sylvania, Ohio, president of Labor Relations Management Inc.; David Hannan Jr., chief of staff of the 11-member Summit County Council, the only county in the state with this type of county government; and Edward Ryan Jr., town manager of Cheswold, Del., and a county native.

Background checks are being done on the five candidates.

Fuda said he hopes to have a selection made soon because of the amount of work that needs to be done.