EVERETT — Candidates for the top job at the Snohomish County Public Utility District were interviewed Tuesday by the agency’s board of commissioners.
The field had been narrowed down to fewer than a dozen candidates, but the utility’s commission will not say exactly how many of the original 34 applicants made the short list.
The candidates include current PUD employees, though the commissioners have declined to say who or how many.
The goal is to have the job filled by August. Meeting that deadline is still possible, but finding the best person is more important than the timing, Commissioner Toni Olson said.
The board is looking for a “new CEO who will benefit ratepayers” and “address a vast number of changes in the industry,” she said.
Olson is one of the three commissioners elected to oversee the public utility district, which serves more than 330,000 customers in Snohomish County.
The PUD’s former general counsel, Anne Spangler, has been running the utility’s day-to-day operations since May 1 after her predecessor, Steve Klein, retired. He was hired to run the PUD in 2006.
Dan Catchpole: 425-339-3454; dcatchpole@heraldnet.com; Twitter: @dcatchpole.
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