NEWS RELEASE: March 10, 2008

Tim Smith named Greene County Administrator

The Greene County Commission has named Timothy W. Smith, P.E., as the county’s first County Administrator. Smith has served as the county’s Administrator for the Resource Management Department since 2000.

The County Commission created the County Administrator position to provide oversight of the county’s administrative functions and day-to-day county operations. In this position, Smith will facilitate and support County Commission departments and implement county policies. The County Administrator will report directly to the members of the County Commission.

“As Greene County continues to grow and become more metropolitan, administration of the county becomes more complex,” said Dave Coonrod, Greene County Presiding Commissioner. “This growth also demands that the members of the County Commission become increasingly involved in collaborative efforts with federal, state and municipal governments, area agencies and community groups. We’ve hired a County Administrator to help provide cohesion to these efforts, as well as manage the county’s internal operations, so we commissioners can give our full attention to community collaboration, policy development and maintaining the county’s long-term sustainability.”

Smith began working for Greene County in 1992 as a storm water engineer. A native of Indiana, Smith received a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute in 1975. His experience includes design and construction, plan review, regulation and administration.

Smith is currently chairman of the Solid Waste District “O” Board of Directors and is chairman of the State Solid Waste Advisory Board. He is also a Certified Floodplain Manager and is Past-President of the Missouri Floodplain and Stormwater Managers’ Association. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, Southwest Missouri Code Officials and Ozark Greenways.

Smith assumes the County Administrator position today with a salary of $108,430 paid out of the county’s General Revenue fund. A search begins immediately for a new Administrator for the Resource Management Department.

For more information call the Greene County Commission at 868-4112, or Jenny Fillmer Edwards, Greene County Public Information Officer, at 829-6019 or 379-5713.