Harrisburg has received 11 applications for city treasurer, the city clerk’s office said in an email Tuesday morning.
Applications were due by the end of the day yesterday.
The city is now reviewing the applicants’ eligibility, city clerk Kirk Petroski said in the email. To be eligible, an applicant must be 21 years old and a resident of the city, and must also have some accounting experience.
Once applicants have been screened for eligibility, they will be invited to a public City Council meeting on Monday, Sept. 29, at 5:30 p.m., where they will be interviewed by council members.
The meeting was originally to take place this Thursday, Sept. 18, but was postponed, the clerk’s email said. Asked by phone about the reason for the postponement, Petroski said it was to allow additional time for the city to conduct background checks on the applicants.
Following the interviews, each council member will nominate one applicant for a second round of interviews at the same meeting. Council will then vote to select the new city treasurer, who will be sworn in that night.
Petroski also said Tuesday that he hoped to release the applications publicly by next Monday.
The city treasurer position, which pays $20,000 per year, is normally filled by general election. But the position was left vacant earlier this month after the former treasurer, John Campbell, resigned following an investigation into his alleged theft of around $8,500 from a charitable program unrelated to city government.
Campbell, who has subsequently been charged with the additional theft of around $2,700 from a local political action committee, is awaiting a preliminary hearing.
In the meantime, Paul Wambach, who retired in 2012 after serving as Harrisburg’s treasurer for 20 years, has volunteered to fill the role in an interim capacity.
This story has been updated with additional information from the city clerk.
