Former Waukee City Administrator a Finalist for Windsor Heights' Top Job

Jeff Kooistra, the former Waukee city administrator who resigned earlier this year, is one of four finalists for a similar position in Windsor Heights.

Windsor Heights residents will meet each of the four top candidates for the city administrator job at an open house this week, the Des Moines Register reports.

The candidates — will be in town 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 Kooistra, former city administrator for Waukee; John Konior, assistant to the city manager of Urbandale; Tim Zisoff, former Indianola city manager; and Jeffrey Fiegenschuh, interim city manager of Goodyear, Ariz.

Waukee City Council members accepted Kooistra’s resignation in May, a few weeks after an April 16 meeting in which council members criticized the city administration's progress on the planning for the Alice's Road extensionand other projects. The council approved a severance package for Kooistra which continued his $122,300 annual salary for six months and paid his insurance into November.  

The agreement also stipulates that neither party take any legal action against the other, or make any damaging statements about each other.

Council members also unanimously appointed Development Services Director Brad Deets, a five-year city employee, as interim city administrator. He continues in that role while the city searches for a replacement.