Ed Kochian Retires

The Post-Standard reported yesterday that Ed Kochian, the Deputy County Executive of Onondaga County for the past 28 years will be retiring at the end of next month. He has served under three County Executives (John Mulroy, Nick Pirro and Joanie Mahoney) and has arguably been the most influential behind-the-scenes member of county government.



County Executive Joanie Mahoney told John Mariani, of the Post-Standard, that she will be announcing her choice to replace Mr. Kochian on Monday. She will likely make her pick from her inner circle. The three frontrunners for the job are Ben Dublin, Ms. Mahoney’s Director of Intergovernmental Relations (and her former campaign manager), Jim Rowley, Onondaga County CFO, and Ann Rooney, the County Administrator for Human Services.