At 1 PM this afternoon, the Personnel Committee met to interview potential Interim Treasurer candidates for the position opening up in July with current treasurer Linda Rogers retirement.  One hour later, it was learned that the only applicant was the person they interviewed over the past hour, Tom Ezdebski, and that the committee would recommend to the full council that Ezdebski be hired at the rate of $48,000 with a $3000 raise in four months of satisfactory performance, and the usual well-packed benefits the City offers.  

Ezdebski, (pictured above, with former Detroit Tiger pitcher Dan Petry's pitching hand on his shoulder) worked at the Memorial Medical Center (Spectrum Ludington) for 38 years, utilizing his Ferris State degree as a CPA in the payroll/accounting department.  The new management at Spectrum unceremoniously let him go, but he was picked up by Manistee's hospital, doing effectively the same work.

Citing transportation issues during inclement weather and a desire to stay in and serve the citizens of Ludington, Ezdebski applied for the position, expressing that he doesn't mind whether it's a substantial pay cut.  Tom and his wife Pat are well known around Ludington for volunteering their time and spirit back to the community.  He acknowledged that he had coached between 69 and 73 teams of one sort or another. 

They have ran the Lemonade Stands program and others devoted to combatting childhood cancer.  He was appointed in January of this year to the City's Recreation Board.   The three committee members, Brandy Henderson, Wallace Cain and Joe Lenius (the latter two appointed officials serving in elective positions) had a mostly favorable review of the candidate, and decided that they would not need another notice to get other interested applicants, pointing out the restrictive parts of the charter that mandates a treasurer has lived within the city limits for a year.