Commissioners discuss EMS director
The director of Emergency Medical Services position left vacant by the resignation of George Roberts late last year has drawn a relatively small group of applicants. The Safety Committee received only three applications for the job by the cutoff date of Feb. 1.
Turning in resumes for the job were:
Leonard Madewell of McMinnville, who is currently acting director having been appointed by County Executive Kenneth Rogers to fill the position until a permanent replacement can be obtained, Clyde Prater, of Centertown, and James C. Hudson of Rock Island.
The Feb. 4 meeting of the Safety Committee was chaired by Les Trotman due to the absence of chairman Dennis Waggoner.
After hearing a report from Madewell on the current status of the ambulance service, Trotman noted that the meeting would be mainly dedicated to taking a first look at the r?sum?s, and that an interview process would have to be completed before any decisions could be made.
“The only other purpose of this meeting that I’m aware of is to do a preliminary study of the r?sum?s,” Trotman said.
At that point Trotman thanked Madewell for attending the meeting and asked him to leave before going over the applications since he was among the applicants.
Though the Safety Committee had been asked by the county executive to conduct the interviews and provide input into the hiring of the new director, committee members noted the ultimate decision would come from Rogers.
The rest of the meeting was used to read the r?sum?s and have an initial discussion on their relative merits and what information should, or could, be checked for authenticity.
Trotman pointed out that no decisions would be made until interviews and background checks had been completed by the committee.
“As far as who gets it, that won’t be decided tonight,” Trotman said.
The committee also wanted to hold off until committee chairman Dennis Waggoner, who was having surgery, could be in attendance.