Dessy, 69, informed Erie County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper Sunday evening that he planned to retire. I m leaving the role because I m getting much older and in reviewing what I want to accomplish with my life, I just realized I had other goals I needed to address, I had other adventures to pursue, said Dessy, who succeeded former director Erin Wincek on April 15, 2019. I thought about this long and hard, and I talked to Kathy Dahlkemper and (Director of Administration) Gary Lee about it and that s what I decided to do.
Dessy, who will be 70 in August, told the Erie Times-News Thursday that he had mixed emotions about the decision.