Macon still accepting applications for county manager
After previous County Manager Derek Roland announced his resignation in September, Macon County decided to appoint Warren Cabe as interim county manager until June 30. Cabe previously worked for the county as emergency services director.
During its January meeting, Chairman Josh Young asked for an update on the recruitment for the next permanent county manager.
According to Human Resources Director Tammy Keezer, the county has received six applications for the position, three of which match the requirements as outlined in the job posting.
“We posted the position with NC Works, on our social media platforms, Indeed, some other job posting sites,” said Keezer. “We’ve got the six applications, three of which are qualified; they have all been given a letter saying and acknowledging receipt of their application and that we’ve currently appointed an interim until June 30, so that they probably will not hear from us until the beginning of the fiscal year.”
The county has not set an official deadline for when it will stop accepting applications. Commissioner Danny Antoine suggested the end of February to stop taking applications, but Commissioner Barry Breeden said a later date, like March or April, might be more fitting since the county has its interim until June 30.
Commissioner Gary Shields asked Cabe if he had applied for the position, and Cabe said that he had.
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“If he’s one of the six and we decided we did not want to go further and we wanted to hire him, do we have to [do interviews]?” asked Breeden.
Young said that the county does need to put together an interview team and interview all qualified applications in order to validate the position.
“Whether Mr. Cabe gets it, or he doesn’t, counties do that,” said Young. “What I’m asking right now is if the board wants to go ahead and put a committee together to perform interviews and maybe by the next meeting we can come with names and maybe a five- or six-member interview team.”
The board did not vote on a deadline to close the application.
