From Harford County government:
County Executive Barry Glassman has named Joseph J. Siemek as Harford County’s director of Public Works effective June 20, 2016. Mr. Siemek is an award-winning professional engineer with 35 years of management and consulting experience in public works projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Locally, he was KCI Technologies’ project director for Harford County’s broadband project known as the Harford Area Metro Network (HMAN). He is a 20-year resident of Harford County.
Mr. Siemek’s comprehensive experience includes management and engineering for multi-million dollar projects involving water, sewer, storm water management, highways, solid waste, construction management, telecommunications and environmental services. Major clients have included Anne Arundel and Howard counties, Baltimore City, the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, and the U.S. Department of Defense. His recognitions include the 2014 Honor Award for Innovative Excellence in Engineering Design from the American Council of Engineering Companies Maryland (ACEC).
Mr. Siemek’s recent experience includes twelve years at the national engineering, consulting and construction firm KCI Technologies, Inc. His responsibilities included leadership positions in public utilities design and construction business units. Leading diverse technical teams, he directed program management, technical production, and financial management for utility engineering, and construction services for communications, fiber optic, electric, conduit and gas system facilities.
Mr. Siemek earned his master’s degree in business administration from Loyola University Maryland. He has a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from Johns Hopkins University with a concentration in environmental engineering. Mr. Siemek is a licensed professional engineer in Maryland and Virginia, and has authored and presented technical programs at national, regional and local conferences. He lives in Bel Air with his wife Beth and their three children, Adam, Garrett and Hailey.
“Joe Siemek’s wealth of experience with a broad spectrum of public works projects will make him an asset to my administration,” said County Executive Glassman. “I am pleased to have found such expertise in a Harford County resident who shares our commitment to the community.”
The county Department of Public Works plans, constructs and maintains infrastructure to deliver a transportation network, water, wastewater, solid waste management services, and public facilities to enhance the quality of life in Harford County.
In accordance with the county charter, Mr. Siemek will serve in an acting capacity until his appointment is confirmed by the County Council.
Don’t know the man, but it appears as though he’s extremely qualified.
Let’s just hope that his people skills are better than his predecessor.
Mr. Siemek,
Hopefully you will address the need for speed humps on Watervale Road now that the new two lane bridge is about to open. We have requested speed control devices for many years but our requests have been ignored. As soon as the new bridge reopens the endless stream of speeding cars will one again return. How many more residents need to be struck and killed before Harford County actually does something about this problem. It would be much more cost effective to slow down this traffic with speed humps then to constantly have a manned police radar car set up on Watervale Road. We need this road evaluated to LEVEL 2 Traffic Calming but absolutely no evaluations have been done by the county. I would submit to you the endless amount of citations that are written when radar cars are posted on Watervale Road and have clearly not been effective.
Are we not entitled to the same level of safety as other residents in the county for our kids, ourselves, and our loved ones.
Excellent choice. Experienced, educated, and licensed with professional certifications is the type of person we need for this job. Good luck to him and best wishes.
Hopefully, he will not continue the horrendous policy of curb to curb plowing after a major snow storm. This ridiculous policy, not used in neighboring jurisdictions, forces school kids to walk in the streets and wait for buses in the streets. Last winter, neighbors spent hours clearing the sidewalks only to have dpw come in 5 days after the storm ended to dump all of the snow in the cleared streets onto the cleared sidewalks into 8-10 foot piles. In addition, quite a bit of damage was done to private propety while this policy was being implemented. Then harford county had the nerve to chastise homeowners on the county fb page for not clearing the 8 foot piles off of the sidewalks.