Four candidates for Nye County manager will be interviewed during a special county commission meeting at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Commissioners have scheduled action to appoint a county manager after the interviews. The successful candidate will replace Ron Williams, who was appointed county manager in December 2006, replacing Mike Maher who left in March 2006.

The four finalists in alphabetical order include:

* James T. Braswell, operational services director of Douglas County since October 1995. That includes supervising roads, utilities, county facilities, animal control, the airport, vehicle maintenance, warehouse and capital projects.

Before that, Braswell was the director of the community facilities and services division for the city of Las Cruces, N.M. from 1989 to 1995.

Braswell's letter states: "I have served in local government as a department head and manager for 25 years in three local governments (county and city) administrating day-to-day budget, finance, personnel and policy development and implementation."

Braswell said he has experience in a variiety of departments, including planning and zoning, engineering, economic development and airports.

Braswell received a bachelor's degree from New Mexico State University and a master's in business administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

Braswell said he wants to seek a new career challenge.

* Marie A. Gelles, an independent contractor for Texas First, a company that performs executive level services for municipal clients, since March 2007, and before that from September 2003 to September 2005. In between, from September 2005 to March 2007 and from September 2001 to September 2003, she was city administrator of Helotes, Texas.

Gelles also lists job experience as an economic development manager for the San Antonio, Texas, Water System from March 1996 to August 2001.

Gelles took her bachelor's degree at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a master's degree at UNR in public administration, urban policy, business and marketing.

Gelles wrote: "I am a skilled manager who knows how to operate in a variety of scenarios including a highly political environment and one of limited resources. I provide the leadership that keeps my team focused on organizational objectives. My management experience has involved all aspects of city government ranging from a small suburban city of 5,000 people up to a county of over 1.4 million residents."

* Richard L. Osborne Sr., an employee of the city of Tallmadge, Ohio, from 1971 to October 2007. He rose from operations commander and lieutenant in the police department from 1987 to 1996, to treasurer from 1996 to 2000, to director of administration.

As director of administration, Osborne was charged with planning, administering and developing the city's capital project, operating and tax budgets. He also oversaw the economic development and human resources department.

Osborne said he was negotiator for the city's bargaining unit contracts; formulated a 10-year capital budget plan; invested $3 million in a West Avenue Business District; modified regulations of a design control business district to be more business friendly; established a leadership program; was liaison with a joint economic development district and saved over $100,000 in cost-cutting measures in 2006.

Osborne received his bachelor of arts in management from Malone College in Canton, Ohio, and is a certified public finance administrator.

"I am an administrator who believes in being open and honest with the public, someone who will reach out and become part of the community," Osborne said. "I am an achievement-oriented manager with over 30 years experience in municipal government. I place high emphasis on building a citizen-friendly organization."

Osborne said he has an ability to solve problems rapidly, foresee potential problems and implement strategies to avoid them.

* Ronald W. Stock, city administrator of Lamar, Colo., since July 2007. Prior to that he was city manager of Leesburg, Fla., from April 2001 to June 2007 and before that county administrator of Wabasha County, Minn., from 1998 to April 2001. From 1994 to 1997, Stock was city attorney, acting city manager and city manager of Craig, Colo.

Stock's other experience includes: city attorney for Steamboat Springs, Colo., from 1998 to 1994; executive director and general counsel for the Front Range Airport Authority in Watkins, Colo., from 1982 to 1989; special counsel to the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., 1980-81; city attorney in Aspen, Colo., 1987-1980 and city attorney of Sterling, Colo., 1977-78.

Stock received his bachelor of arts degree from Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall, and a law degree from the University of Denver College of Law.

Stock said he has been an adjunct faculty member at the Askew School of Management at Florida State University since 2006.

"I am an experienced and innovative leader with a proven track record of success including significant county experience," Stock states. "I also have a solid background in finance, budgeting, consensus building among diverse groups, providing effective and professional leadership and in building strong relationships."

Stock lists a number of accomplishments in Leesburg, Fla., a city of 21,000 between Orlando and Gainesville. He was chief executive officer of a city government with 590 employees and a $175 million budget. The city's internal training program received honors. He instituted a labor-management committee to address employee issues. Annual customer satisfaction surveys were implemented.