More than 30 apply for county admin. position

So far, 35 applicants have expressed interest in becoming Cowley County’s next administrator. The county is taking applications through Sept. 5.

RJS Organization Consultants is leading the county’s effort to find a successor to administrator Leroy Alsup, who left earlier this summer to take a job in Oklahoma. Phil Jarvis is serving as interim administrator.

Jarvis said the county hopes to have a new administrator in place by the end of November.

A number of qualified people already have applied, according to an initial assessment from RJS.

“There are a number of applicants that look extremely promising,” Jarvis said.