During a special session, commissioners approved hiring "Candidate A" from their narrowed list of potential hires.
The name of the individual was not revealed because he or she has not formally accepted the position of engineer, which came available in February after former Engineer Jen Sharkey resigned to take a position with the Local Technical Assistance Program out of Purdue University.
"We had a nice response to our posting. We had a number of qualified candidates," said Wil Howard, president of the commissioners.
Commissioners have been interviewing candidates privately for the past couple weeks in executive session, which is allowed under Indiana law. Final action must take place in an open session, which was the purpose of the Monday afternoon meeting.