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Mahoning leaders advertise statewide for sanitary engineer
YOUNGSTOWN
Mahoning County commissioners have begun statewide advertising to fill the job of county sanitary engineer.
Whoever is appointed will replace J. Robert Lyden, who left the job Aug. 24 at the request of John A. McNally IV, chairman of the commissioners.
Lyden’s departure followed an investigation by Rachel Livengood, county human-resources director, which concluded Lyden appeared to show favoritism for Dave Sugar Excavating Inc. of Petersburg, which may have resulted in that water supply and sanitary sewer-line installer’s receiving expedited payments and access to plans for unbid projects.
The application deadline is 4:30 p.m. Sept. 21, and the position requires a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, an Ohio professional engineer’s license, and at least 10 years’ experience as a civil engineer in water supply or wastewater collection and treatment, among other qualifications.
The salary is listed as “to be determined.” Commissioners hired Lyden for that job in September 2010 at $85,000 a year.
McNally said Thursday the commissioners may hire an interim sanitary engineer next week and hope to make a permanent appointment by mid-November.
The sanitary engineering department, which operates five major treatment plants and maintains 90 pumping stations, has about 80 employees.
The county’s wastewater collection system serves more than 40,000 customers and has 830 miles of pipe. The sanitary engineering department also supplies water to more than 1,500 customers.
In other action Thursday, the commissioners bought $26,795 worth of work stations and office furnishings from Office Creations of Boardman for the auto-title department’s new office on the first floor of Oakhill Renaissance Place, 345 Oak Hill Ave.
The title department plans to move to Oakhill from the county’s South Side Annex over the Columbus Day weekend, likely closing at noon Oct. 5 for the move, said Scott Grossen, administrator of the county clerk of courts’ office, of which the title department is a part.
The new work stations and furnishings will replace the title department’s current 1960s-vintage furniture, Grossen told the commissioners.
The commissioners also approved a $113,705 professional services agreement with MS Consultants Inc. of Youngstown for rehabilitation and painting of six bridges next year.