After the candidates for the Public Safety Director position in Van Buren Township were screened by the township board and their four favorites sent on to professional consultants for evaluation, the top choice turns out to be VBT’s present interim director, Carl McClanahan.
On Tuesday, VBT Supervisor Paul White said the four now will be scheduled for interviews by the board in a yet-unscheduled work/study session. Then, the final vote by the township board will be taken at an upcoming meeting, hopefully on July 6, Supervisor White said.
The four finalists for the Public Safety Director position were evaluated by EMPCO, a professional assessment consulting firm, on June 16 at Van Buren Township Hall. The finalists were:
* Carl McClanahan, VBT Interim Public Safety Director, a resident of Van Buren Township;
* Scott Pavlik, a Captain for the City of Warren in charge of 165 personnel;
* Paul J. Myszenski, appointed as Interim Director of Public Safety/Chief of Police for Bloomfield Hills Dept. of Public Safety; and
* James Ridener, Westland Chief of Police.
Supervisor White said McClanahan achieved the top ranking score in the EMPCO assessment center.
McClanahan has been serving as VBT Public Safety Director since the first of the year, filling the spot left vacant when Jerry Champagne was fired in May 2009.