ALBANY — The city’s commissioner of administrative services is one of three finalists for a county administrator job in Oregon.
Rachel McEneny, who has been with Mayor Kathy Sheehan’s administration for seven years, has applied to be the Benton County administrator.
McEneny took part in a meet-and-greet with county residents as part of the interview process Wednesday afternoon. She declined to comment on her possible relocation when reached Wednesday.
As county administrator, McEneny would be responsible for overseeing the county operations and would report to a county Board of Commissioners. The county’s population is about 95,000 people.
Sheehan’s chief of staff, David Galin, said McEneny’s expertise was a sought-after commodity. In her role as commissioner of administrative services she oversees several departments including human resources, budget and purchasing.
“While we do not want to lose any members of our incredible workforce, it is also to be expected that talented professionals like Commissioner McEneny would seek to take on even more challenging opportunities during the course of their careers,” Galin said in a statement.
McEneny joined the city as its budget officer in 2016. The next year she was promoted to commissioner of administrative services. That role also involves oversight of the city’s offices of Cultural Affairs, Innovation and Performance, and Sustainability.
City Treasurer Darius Shahinfar, who previously worked with McEneny under U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, said McEneny plays a key role in ensuring the city functions properly. He pointed to her role in efforts that included developing an administrative system to oversee the city’s federal American Rescue Plan funding to limiting the damage from a 2019 ransomware hack and working on the city’s new recruiting campaign.
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