With unanimous support of the Scott City Council, Brad Pendergast has been hired as the new city administrator. Within an hour of the council’s vote on Monday evening, Pendergast had returned an electronic copy of his contract making the appointment. Pendergast, 33, who has been the city administrator at Oakley since 2018 … emerged from a field of four finalists interviewed by the council. “He immediately struck us as having a clear understanding of issues and challenges facing a town of our size, specific to our geographic location,” says Mayor Everett Green. “He talked to us about issues he assumed we’ve been facing and he hit them dead-on. That was impressive.” Even with only three years in city administration, Green and the council felt that Pendergast offered a clear understanding of the position. “It wasn’t just his grasp of the daily workings of municipal government, but we also felt good about his ability to relate well with our department heads, the staff and the public,” Green says.
Source: Scott County Record.
