Urbandale City Employee a Finalist for Windsor Heights' Top Job

One of the top adminstrators at Urbandale City Hall is a finalist for a similar position in Windsor Heights.

John Konior, assistant to the city manager of Urbandale, is one of four candidates for the Windsor Heights city administrator job. Residents will meet each of the top candidates for the post at an open house this week, the Des Moines Register reports.

The candidates will be in Windsor Heights for two days for interviews, interim City Administrator Carl Metzger told the newspaper. The public open house with a meet-and-greet of the candidates is planned for 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Community and Events Center in Colby Park.

The candidates for the Windsor Heights job are Jeff Kooistra, former city administrator for Waukee; Konior; Tim Zisoff, former Indianola city manager; and Jeffrey Fiegenschuh, interim city manager of Goodyear, Ariz.

Konior is an occasional blogger for Urbandale Patch on green issues. His blog bio says: "My current position, at the City of Urbandale, has offered the opportunity to learn much more about sustainability issues. My biggest lesson learned is that little changes implemented locally can change global issues. This is true for electric lighting and the need for new power plants to rain barrels and the impact of water quality in the larger watershed."