Hyattsville Hires City Administrator

Earlier this week, the Hyattsville City Council hired a new city administrator, bringing to an end a year-and-a-half period where the position was vacant. 

The man stepping into the role, Virginia resident Jerry Schiro, has more than 35 years experience working in top level administrative posts in local governments across the greater Washington DC region. 

Here's some of the highlights from Schiro's LinkedIn profile:

• Chief of Police - Luray, VA - 1976 to 1985
• Town Manager - Luray, VA - 1985 to 1988
• Town Manager - Purcellville, VA - 1988 to 1992
• Village Manager - Chevy Chase, MD - 1992 to 2003
• County Administrator - Page County, VA - 2003 to 2004
• Town Manager - Luray, VA - 2004 to 2007
• Town Administrator - Middleburg, VA - 2007 to 2010
• Municipal consultant and interim town manager since 2010, including stints working for Middleburg, Somerset, MD, Chevy Chase, Luray.

In 2010, as he was set to retire from his job with Middleburg, he was credited with turning around that town's finances, according to an article in The Loudon Times. He left that job with a glowing recommendation from Middleburg's Mayor Betsy Allen Davis. 

“In the past three and a half years he has far exceeded anything we thought he would be able to help us get through. He had a rough start with what he was handed, and he is to be commended on the way he runs his office and on the work he does," Davis told The Loudon Times in 2010. 

 The Hyattsville City Council unanimously approved Schiro's hire at this Monday's meeting after discussing the matter behind closed doors. 

Hyattsville's city administrator position has been vacant since October 2011 when Gregory Rose resigned the post.