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Board of County Commissioners Meeting Minutes - Final March 3, 2023 Baenziger & Associates (CB&A) to help guide the Board through the process. Mr. Baenziger recalled the Board and the public had the opportunity to meet the candidates at the public reception held on March 2, 2023, and prior to this meeting each member of the Board met with the candidates individually for one-on-one interview. He explained the next process was to have each candidate come before the Board for questions in a 30 minute time frame. Chairman Earman laid out the plan for the interview process and entertained the Board making their final selection at the end of the meeting. During the interview process, the Board questioned each of the top five finalist candidates for County Administrator. Following is a summary of each candidate's opening/closing statements: Candidate Dale "Doc" Dougherty addressed the Board and gave a brief background of his prior experience working in local government. He began his career in South Florida before pursuing a Master's in Business Administration at the University of Notre Dame. He stated the economic downturn led him back into local government in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Michigan. He felt his strengths were his work ethic, integrity, customer service, his interpersonal skills, and the experience he gained by working and seeing different cultures and governments. Mr. Dougherty thanked the Board and ensured them that if he was chosen for the County Administrator position, he planned to stay as long as they would have him. Candidate Jeff Wilkins addressed the Board and provided a brief work history in local government as an Assistant Town Manager, City Manager, County Administrator, and presently the Director of Administration and Treasurer for the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio. He focused on his background in economic development, brownfield development, infrastructure agreements for water, budgeting, and intergovernmental relations, and was a County Administrator under ten County Commissioners. Mr. Wilkins thanked the Board for the opportunity. The Chairman called for a recess at 2:25 p.m. and reconvened the meeting at 2:30 p.m., with all members present. Candidate Phil Matson addressed the Board and pointed out he was a 22 -year resident of Indian River County, and prior to his position as the Community Development Director for the past three years, he was the Director of the Metropolitan Planning Organization. Mr. Matson touched on his former careers working at Broward County, a state agency and a port authority. He pointed out Indian River County Florida Page 2