Andrew Adams, Riley County emergency preparedness coordinator, will soon leave his current position for a new out-of-state job.
The announcement was made during the county’s weekly news conference Wednesday. Adams has appeared in many of the weekly news conferences over the past several months and has played a key role in the county’s response to the pandemic.
Adams said during the conference that he believes the health department will continue doing a good job of protecting the health of Riley County residents even after he leaves.
“I’m really proud of the work we’ve done so far throughout this COVID pandemic,” Adams said. “I’m really proud of the staff that we’ve got and the capability that we have and I’m really confident that moving forward, we’ll be able to tackle anything that comes our way.”
Julie Gibbs, Riley County Health Department administrator, expressed appreciation for Adams during the news conference, calling him “one of the hardest working men in Riley County right now.”
“We’ve appreciated all the work that Andrew has done,” Gibbs said. “He’s really helped pave the way and helped us to be prepared for this and we have leaned on him for a lot of information. He’s a wealth of information.”
According to Gibbs, county officials are currently working through the process of finding the person who will succeed Adams and will hire someone “relatively soon.”
Adams has spent about five years working for Riley County.
