By Monica Pryts
GREENVILLE — An employee of another Act 47 town was hired Tuesday as Greenville’s new borough manager.
Scott Andrejchak, finance director for the last 10 years for the city of Clairton, was chosen from a pool of 25 candidates. He replaces Ryan T. Eggleston, who resigned in November to take a job as city manager of Oil City.
Andrejchak, who starts April 15 with an annual salary of $55,000, told council he’s a little overwhelmed but honored by their support and confidence in him.
“I can’t express that enough to everyone here,” he said.
He knows a lot about working with people and municipal government and has seen a lot of good things in Greenville so far.
“I think this is a special place,” said Andrejchak, who plans to move his family to the area from Clairton.
He’ll always make himself available and won’t let people down, Andrejchak said.
“I feel very fortunate about it. I feel like I can do a good job for the community,” he said.
Council member Stephen May wished Andrejchak good luck, telling him it’s time to stand up and take the community back and hold people accountable for their actions. It’s a new and exciting era, said May, one of three new council members elected in November with new Mayor Peter Candela.
Council President Brian Shipley said Andrejchak is very modest in listing his qualifications. He’s passionate and committed to becoming part of the community, has a lot of background in the Act 47 program and is completing a law degree from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Shipley said.
According to the city of Clairton’s Web site, Andrejchak was an intern with the city through the Local Government Academy before becoming finance director.
He also spent time working in Washington, D.C., with Congress and in 2005 was named executive director of the Clairton Redevelopment Authority.
Clairton has been in Act 47 since 1988 and Greenville entered it in 2002. It’s the state’s debt recovery program for financially-distressed towns.
