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Source: Dayton Daily News, OhioSept.迷你倉 22--XENIA -- XENIA --Two high-ranking Greene County employees who oversee the county's budget and personnel will retire leaving the administration with a temporary void.Howard Poston, the Greene County administrator, plans to retire in February. Ken Johnson, the county's human resources director is leaving Sept. 30.Both positions have been posted on the county personnel website.The personnel office received 17 applications for the human resources position by the Aug. 19 deadline. The search committee wanted a larger pool of applicants to chose from, so the position has been advertised for a second time."The hope is that with a larger pool we may also increase the chance of finding more highly qualified and experienced applicants," said Johnson who is on the search committee with Poston and Lisa Hale, the county's risk management director.If a director is not selected before Johnson, who earns $84,780 annually, retires, the county administrator can appoint an interim director for the department."The organization is structured so that we have people who can pick up the slack, but we're going to be looking to hire the best qualified people," said Tom Koogler, a county commissioner. "They've worked hard. I wish them the best."The deadline to apply for the county administrator position is Oct. 14.Poston and Johnson, are two of 12 board of commissioners employees who plan to retire within less than a year, according to county data. The county commission board employs about 488 people.About 95 county workers, of an estimated 1,132 people who work for an office or department associated with a county elected official, have retired this year, according to data from the auditor's office.Johnson, 65, and Poston, 60, said they decided to leave their positions not long after they became eligible to retire. Johnson, who will have worked for the county for almost five years when he leaves at the end of September, said he has no plans to look for another job. Poston has not ruled out the idea."All options are open, but I probably won't get another job yet," Poston said.The administrator's and human resource director's plans to retire come 迷你倉ess than a year after two new commissioners took office. Freshman commissioners Koogler and Bob Glaser will be serving their second year when Poston leaves in six months."I believe the county is in a great financial position," Poston said. "It's in a great operations position right now. And that's when you want to leave. I think I've been able to, with the past commissioners, put the county in a very strong position and that's the time to leave. You can walk out with everything good."Greene County Commissioner Bob Glaser called Poston's decision to leave an "unfortunate surprise.""I don't think the average person understands the complexity of Howard's job," Glaser said. "Our budget for the county is $45 million dollars, but there's another $2 million that flows through our hands."Poston earns an estimated $132,488 annually in salary and benefits, according to data from the county auditor. He has worked with the county since 1990 when he was hired in the risk management department as a coordinator. He said the experience he gained working in this department helped him learn about other county departments and uniquely qualified him to move to the assistant county administrator position in 1997 and eventually the county administrator position in 2003.Poston's retirement plans come about a year and four months after two county commissioners signed a memorandum of agreement, effective April 2, 2012, that locked Poston into the county administrator position for three years. Poston was guaranteed a 2 percent annual salary increase. If Poston is terminated before the agreement ends, the county is required to pay him six months salary and continue his family health benefits for nine months after his employment ends. The agreement also requires Poston to give six month notice of his intent to end employment with the county."I can retire and it's time to let somebody else become county administrator," he said.--Online: For more news about Greene County, go to our website at MyDaytonDailyNews.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) Visit the Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio) at .daytondailynews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存倉