Hamilton Township Public Works Director Frank Ragazzo will retire this week, and Mayor Kelly Yaede will name David Carothers to fill his post.

The announcement, made in a press release this afternoon, is the first director appointment Yaede has made in her tenure as mayor. Ragazzo ran the department for about two years before his retirement.

“Having served in several capacities in the Department of Public Works, Dave Carothers intimately knows the department and the township. I have no doubt that he can step right in and take the helm of the department,” Yaede said in the release.

Carothers, according to the release, started as a laborer in the township before working his way up through the ranks. He has served as the township's Emergency Management Coordinator. The appointment will have to go to council.