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By Justin Johnson
just/n@masoncounty.com
The City of Shelton earlier this week
took the next step in the process of re-
placing chief of police Darrin Moody,
‘who is retiring in January.
The city formally opened the position
during the month of September and re-
ceived 16 applicants. N 0 internal candi—
dates applied.
“We had 16 total applicants from all
over the county, from Burlington, Ver-
mont to San Diego, California, and one
from Sydney, Australia,” Shelton City
Manager Jeff Niten wrote in an email
to the Shelton-Mason County Journal.
“The candidate pool is very deep with
outstanding experience in all facets of
policing, from SWAT and narcotics to
administration and budgeting. The pool
is also very diverse, which is something
I’m extremely pleased about.”
The city selected eight semifinalists
and interviewed those candidates Mon—
day and Tuesday via Zoom.
Two panels of six people interviewed
each of the eight candidates. The first
represented the community, with mem-
bers of the city council and broader com-
munity, including a police chief from a
neighboring city. The second panel in-
cluded city department heads and p0—
lice department staff.
The city planned to select between
two to four finalists Wednesday. Those
finalists will make a short video answer-
ing three questions about their interest
in the position and Shelton, and intro-
ducing themselves to the community.
Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 — Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page A—3
City selects semifinalists in police chief search
Those videos will be played during
the city council’s Oct. 20 regular meet—
ing.
“(The) council approves the job de—
scription and overall salary grade/
range in conjunction with all other
non—represented positions in the city,
but the final decision on the candidate
is mine,” Niten wrote of the search.
“The process is probably different than
anything most of us have seen due to
the pandemic.'We’re trying to be as in-
novative as possible to ensure as much
public participation in the process as we
can get.”
At 4 p.m. Oct. 21, the city will host
an online meet—and-greet on Zoom for
the community to interact with the fi—
nalists.
Niten wrote that he plans to inter-
view the finalists Oct. 23 and hopes to
announce the new hire during the first
week of Nbvember.
“The target start date is Jan. 11, but
that is dependent on the candidate and
his or her needs,” Niten wrote. “Chief
Moody has agreed to introduce our new
chief to people in the community and
other important contacts for approxi-
mately one week.”
Niten said he’s grateful for Moody’s
participation in the process and for the
chiefs service in Shelton.
“He should be proud of the work he’s
done here and the professionalism of
the Shelton Police Department,” Niten
wrote. “I’m sure he’s looking forward
to retirement, and we’re very happy for
him and his family, but we will miss
him.”
Blustery fall winds hit county, cause power outages
By Kirk Boxleitner
kbox/e/tner@masoncounty. com
It wasn’t a Friday, but
Oct. 13, proved to be an un—
lucky day when it came to the
weather in Mason County.
Early Tuesday, emergency
service authorities used social
media to advise residents to
stay alert and be careful due
to the day’s heavy winds.
Mason County Public Util-
ity District No. 3’s online out-
age tracker reported nearly
4,700 homes — about 14% of
the PUD’s customers — were
without power 'at 7:06 pm.
stored to nearly all homes by
8 a.m. Wednesday.
{At 2:38 pm. Tuesday, the
Central Mason Fire & EMS
posted social media photos of
the tree in front of American
Legion Post 31, next door to
its downtown station, after it
had uprooted and fallen that
day. The tree didn’t hit any-
thing and no one was hurt.
The Mason County Sher-
iff’s Office used its social me-
dia accounts to issue a alert
to drivers of a blocked road
at 1:14 p.m., 2 miles east of
Schafer State Park on West
Satsop Cloquallum Road.
down, blocking both lanes and
requiring motorists to find al-
ternate routes.
The accounts for the sher-
iff’s office also issued infor-
mation alerts for numerous
sections along McReavy Road
near Union at 1:19 p.m., for
trees that went down and
caused power line problems,
requiring drivers to exercise
extreme caution through the
area.
The sheriffs office issued
a third notice of a blocked
roadway at 5:11 pm. in the
wake of a downed tree block-
ing both lanes of state Route 3
in the Deer Creek area north
of Shelton, complete with
power lines involved, requir-
ing motorists to find alternate
routes.
At 5:22 p.m., Washing—
ton State Patrol Trooper and
Public Information Officer
Chelsea Hodgson tweeted the
same news, and later told the
Shelton-Mason County Jour-
nal that troopers were on the
scene.
Hodgson tweeted at 6:05
pm. that alternating traffic
was in place on Route 3, with
utility crews tending to the
downed power lines, which
they were continuing to do
when she tweeted again at
6:52 p.m., so that alternating
traffic could remain ongoing.
MSCO posted on social
media at 6:24 p.m., Mc-
Reavy Road at Manzanita
Drive was shut down in
both directions, to and from
the tower, due to multiple
downed trees blocking lanes.
As of 6:53 p.m., the sheriffs
office reported it was. still
waiting on the PUD, and
noted that, because of the
downed power lines, county
work crews could not start to
clear the road until the PUD
arrived.
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Tuesday. Power had been re-
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