Boeye praised for interim IT assistance, search continues for Scott’s permanent replacement

The search for a new IT director to oversee the county's infrastructure is ongoing.
The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors discussed the efforts to find a replacement for Jim Scott, who resigned May 20.
Supervisor Randy Cooper said he had been in contact with Red Oak superintendent Ron Lorenz and requested he pass on the name of any prospective students who may be a good fit.
Supervisor Charla Schmid said she was contacted by a member of the community whose son applied for the job before Scott was hired, and she urged them to pursue further.
“I told him to have his son fill out another application and resume and that we would take a look at it,” Schmid said.
Supervisor Mike Olson also advised he’s been contacted about the position and told them to apply online or through the auditor’s office.
“We're getting the word out pretty well, I feel, it’s just a matter of finding someone who wants to take a position like this,” said Olson.
Supervisor Donna Robinson asked how frequently interim director Beau Boeye was on-site, or if he was just on-call. County Auditor Stephanie Burke said Beau was at the courthouse in the mornings on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
“He's very responsive to emails when we contact him at the help desk, and the staff is continuing to use the help desk as well. His assistance has been very beneficial,” Burke said.
Supervisors Chair Mark Peterson said it was a huge benefit to the county having Boeye’s involvement on an interim basis.
“I wouldn’t want to even think about this situation without having Beau involved, and he's been very willing to work with us, so that's been great,” Peterson stated.
Also, Peterson said there was an ease in getting Boeye back into the position of IT director on an interim basis.
“It provides us IT security, and since he was involved once before, he could just step right back in. It’s troublesome to have to go through this again, but since we were just recently through this before Jim Scott was hired, we have a little better feel for what we need to do now,” Peterson commented.
However, despite the extensive advertising efforts taken by the county, Burke advised at the May 24 meeting that they had no new applications beyond the first one she'd earmarked for review by the supervisors. Peterson admitted the news was problematic.
“On the one hand, there’s some relief that we’ve gotten some applications, and have one strong candidate, but we’ve provided a lot of advertising saturation, and I think we're out there about as far as we can be. There's only so much we can do at this time,” Peterson explained.