A high-level manager in the civil division of the Snohomish County’s prosecutor’s office will start work in February as a senior policy adviser to county Executive Aaron Reardon.
Thomas Fitzpatrick will take over as executive director in Reardon’s office at an annual salary of about $123,000. He will be responsible for overseeing the county’s planning and development department, Paine Field and economic development issues.
He’ll also represent the county during the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process, the federal effort to close military bases across the country.
Fitzpatrick replaces Paul Roberts, who left to take a job as the public works director for the city of Marysville.
“Tom fits the skill set that I was looking for,” Reardon said. “Tom is a doer. He gets things done.”
Fitzpatrick was a partner in the law firm of Stafford Frey Cooper and practiced law for 22 years before coming to the county in 1999. In the civil division of the Snohomish County prosecutor’s office, he led the unit that handled damage claims and civil lawsuits.
Fitzpatrick will start his new job the third week of February.
“There will not be a learning curve whatsoever,” Reardon said. “Tom was a key player in the budget.”
Fitzpatrick has also been involved on key land-use issues and understands the county’s focus on economic development, Reardon said.
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