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County Council will talk with four candidates
Kershaw County Council members are getting to know the four finalists for that county’s new administrator.
Combined, they have more than 75 years of experience in government.
Two candidates are employed in South Carolina, one is working in Tennessee, and the fourth manages a Delaware town.
A look at the four and what they could bring to Kershaw County:
• William Clay Young, 46, is in his seventh year as Dillon County administrator and has 19 total years of experience working in S.C. government.
He spent three years as Lancaster County finance director, two years as Chester County finance director and three years as Hampton County administrator, among other positions.
“Dillon (County) has the same challenges as Kershaw County, with growth spilling over from the beach,” he said. “Kershaw is similar to Dillon in a lot of aspects, with growth and development and changes statewide with property tax relief.”
Young said if he is named administrator, he will focus some of his attention on realizing the county’s potential for new industry and development.
“Kershaw County has got a good geographic location in the state to attract local industry,” he said.
• Jack E. Miller, 65, is in his eighth year as Crossville, Tenn., city manager. He has 27 total years of experience as a city manager in South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee.
As city manager for Beaufort for eight years in the 1980s, “I feel I do have a solid foundation in South Carolina government,” Miller said. “Kershaw County has the same problems that are facing local governments throughout the Southeast, (including) water resources and fiscal resources.”
• Anthony J. Carson, 49, is in his second year as a town manager for Fenwick Island, Del., and has two years of experience as a county administrator in Trumbull County, Ohio.
He also was a purchasing director for Trumbull County for three years and operated the Warren Alternate Sentencing Program, a work-release program in Warren, Ohio, for five years.
Carson also was a Warren city councilman in Ohio for two years in the early 1990s.
He said his experience in the private and public sectors gives him the best perspective of working in government, what county officials go through and what their needs are.
“A good administrator has to have the ability to communicate effectively,” he said.
• William A. Frick is in his second year as Santee town administrator.
Previously, Frick was county administrator for Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield and Sumter counties from 1986 to 2006.
Efforts to reach Frick were unsuccessful.
Council will interview the candidates July 14 and 15 and tentatively will choose the new administrator July 24. The new administrator will be paid between $90,000 and $120,000, depending on qualifications.
A fifth finalist withdrew his name last week after Kershaw County officials discovered he had been convicted of embezzlement several years ago.
Reach Riddle at (803) 771-8435.
