Knox Mayor Dennis Estok’s assistant will be a full-time city employee. The council Tuesday night approved his request to amend the salary ordinance to reflect the shift from part to full time for that position and take it from 20 to 37.5 hours per week.
Estok says the candidate he has in mind has 25 years of public service experience and is a “jack of all trades.” Those including searching and applying for grants to help fulfill the mayor’s goal of building a better community.