PORT ANGELES — The William Shore Memorial Pool District has selected four finalists in its search for a new pool director.
Mike Chapman, president of the district’s board of commissioners, said Friday that three had given him permission to release their names.
They are:
• Steve Burke, a Port Angeles resident who serves on the district’s advisory committee and was part of the effort to save the William Shore Memorial Pool in 2008 and 2009.
• Kim Bosse, a former Port Angeles resident and lifeguard for the pool who now lives in Cannon Beach, Ore. She is also the former director of the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce.
• Jack Reagan, a SunLand resident with experience running nonprofit organizations, including a river conservancy in California.
Chapman said he was unable to reach the other candidate to get permission to release that person’s name.
He said nine people applied for the job.
The finalists were selected Friday by the district’s finance committee, which consists of Chapman, Commissioner Gary Holmquist, Tom Bock of the district’s advisory committee and the district’s accountant, Charlie McClain.
Chapman said he expects the committee next week to select two applicants to be considered by the five-member commission.
A public meeting will be scheduled for people to meet the candidates and ask them questions, he said.
Chapman said he hopes to have a new director hired in early November.
The director will work part time, likely be paid around $30,000 per year and be focused on marketing the pool and expanding programs.
Currently, the position is full time, paid $60,000 per year and is more focused on the day-to-day operations of the pool.
The commission wants those duties to be handled more by the two supervisors.
The interim director, Jayna Lafferty, who had managed the pool since July 2007, remains on paid administrative leave.
Chapman said he placed her on leave Sept. 16 because he said he had concerns that terms of her employment contract were not being met.
He has declined to elaborate, saying confidentiality in personnel issues must be maintained.
The district, which took ownership of the pool from the city of Port Angeles last year, had planned to interview applicants for the position before Lafferty was placed on leave.
Chapman said the personnel issue has not been resolved because Lafferty is out of town in response to a death in her family.
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Reporter Tom Callis can be reached at 360-417-3532 or at tom.callis@peninsuladailynews.com.
