EDC supes poised to hire new CAO

El Dorado County may have a new chief administrative officer this week.

The Board of Supervisors on Feb. 4 is being asked to hire interim CAO Pamela Knorr as the county’s future leader. It is the 26th item on a closed session agenda with 27 items.

Pam Knorr

Knorr was hired to be the human resources director for El Dorado County, and still is, in addition to be acting chief administrative officer because of CAO Terri Daly’s departure in November and Assistant CAO Kim Kerr leaving in December. She was CAO of Alpine County before being hired by El Dorado County.

The recommendation is to hire her without having done a background check. The county has never done a background check on Knorr so it’s not like supervisors can rely on the information gathered when she was first hired.

El Dorado County has a history of not running background checks. Ones were not done when Daly or Kerr were hired.

Plus, there has never been a recruitment for a CAO, so the county hasn’t taken the time to see who else might be out there besides Knorr.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report