Mark Smith: Incompetent hiring practices just one way Ottawa Impact is wasting tax dollars

John Gibbs was hired without any public input in Ottawa County's hiring process.

Less than three months into the job, Gibbs admitted that he wasn’t qualified for the job.

The county is once again being sued by the older, highly qualified candidate, for failure to follow the law.

The hiring of an inexperienced county administrator has led to a string of inexperienced hires.

Mark Smith : This fiasco has and will continue to cost Ottawa County taxpayers.

It's not just the hiring of inexperienced people to staff roles formerly staffed by experienced and competent people; the same thing is happening at the volunteer level as the OI board begins its process of replacing experienced, qualified volunteers on various commissions with inexperienced candidates.

It is going to take years to rebuild what has been destroyed in 13 short months .