New Public Works Director Begins Jan. 23

Deschutes County Oregon -- 1/9/2012 --

Chris Doty begins his employment with Deschutes County on Monday, January 23. Previously the City of Redmond Public Works Director, Doty is a professional civil and traffic operations engineer.

Doty’s new responsibilities at the County’s Road Department includes directing staff in the areas of road construction and equipment maintenance, civil engineering activities; and directing each Road division with the help of supervisory staff.

"I am very excited to join the Deschutes County team and am honored by the trust placed in me to fill some pretty big shoes in the Road Department," Doty said.

During his employment at the City of Redmond, Doty’s accomplishments included successfully leveraging $8.5M in grant funding through ARRA stimulus and HB 2001 to reconstruct Fifth and Sixth Streets in downtown Redmond, developing a new 10-acre Public Works Facility, co-creating the TRIP 97 regional highway corridor planning concept (Bend, Redmond, Madras, La Pine, and ODOT) and implementing a $60M Capital Improvement Plan for Redmond infrastructure projects.

"I am very pleased to hire Chris as the County’s new Public Works Director for our Road Department. He has a proven track record of successfully managing a public works department. Chris brings a mix of technical knowledge on roads, transportation systems and management experience to the County," said Interim County Administrator Erik Kropp.

When Chris has the time he enjoys golfing, elk hunting, ice fishing and traveling. Several years ago he and his wife enjoyed two weeks in Italy, and they greatly enjoy vacations on the Oregon Coast.

A civil engineer graduate of Oregon State University, Doty is a native Central Oregonian. He and his wife have been married for 14 years and have two children.

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