Todd Lawson Named New Sussex County Administrator

GEORGETOWN, DE — Sussex County Council has named Todd F. Lawson, 36, as its new county administrator, replacing the retiring David Baker. Lawson, a Sussex County native, is a former Washington, D.C., lobbyist who also worked in the President George W. Bush administration. He is scheduled to start work Wednesday, Aug. 10.

Sussex County Council made the appointment July 26 on the recommendation of the county administrator search committee, which selected Lawson from a field of eight interviewed applicants. In all, 24 applicants with varied backgrounds from across the country submitted resumes for the position following Baker’s retirement announcement in January. He is the county’s sixth administrator.

Lawson, who was born in Milford, raised in the Harbeson area and graduated from Sussex Central High School in 1993, will learn the ropes of the job under Baker for about four months. During the interim period, he will be paid $92,000 a year. When his one-year contract begins, no later than Jan. 1, 2012, he will be paid $102,500.

READ MORE …