DUBOIS – The Sandy Township Supervisors, in conjunction with three members of DuBois City Council, on Monday night announced their joint process for hiring an interim city/township manager.
Current City/Township Manager Shawn Arbaugh was excused from the meeting. It was noted that his last day will be Monday, Dec. 2; however, he is willing to assist through the end of the calendar year.
Jason Dailey will serve as interim city/township manager. He was paired with DuBois by the state Department of Community & Economic Development when the municipalities sought an assistant manager.
Dailey is the former public works director and utilities director for Cranberry Township in Butler County.
He was responsible for the management and oversight of a 60-person department, overseeing the divisions of traffic, streets, fleet, facilities, grounds maintenance, sewer treatment plant and collection system, pretreatment and water distribution.
Some of his responsibilities are administration, technical operational involvement, routine business and citizen engagement, personnel, budgeting, capital planning, asset management and bargaining unit negotiations.
Dailey has served as township manager for two different communities in Allegheny County, Crescent and West Deer Townships.
He was an appointed board member of the Municipal Employers Insurance Trust (MEIT) and held officer positions on the Association for Pennsylvania Municipal Managers (APMM) while acting as a township manager.
Dailey earned his undergraduate degree from Waynesburg College in 1997 and his MBA from Point Park University in 2001.
He is an instructor for the Local Government Academy (LGA), Pennsylvania Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), Pennsylvania State Association for Township Supervisors (PSATS), Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs (PSAB), the University of Wisconsin at Madison for Operations Management and Robert Morris University for undergraduate course work.
Dailey has served in leadership roles with various council of governments in the region and on the executive board as an alternate for PA One Call. He is the current president of the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA).
As a professional consultant, Dailey conducts operational assessments for numerous public works operations, code enforcement agencies, provided economic development strategies and performed hardware and software evaluations on most operations of local government.
Dailey has served as interim director and manager for various authorities and municipalities including the Richland Water Authority, Dormont Borough, Sharpsburg Borough, Town of McCandless, City of Lower Burrell and Allegheny Township.