{"id":18461,"date":"2020-07-23T09:21:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=18461"},"modified":"2020-07-23T09:21:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T13:21:24","slug":"genesee-county-assistant-county-manager-appointed-county-manager-during-legislature-meeting-on-wednesday-night-gsell-to-retire-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/23\/genesee-county-assistant-county-manager-appointed-county-manager-during-legislature-meeting-on-wednesday-night-gsell-to-retire-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Assistant County Manager appointed County Manager during Legislature meeting on Wednesday night, Gsell to retire next month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After 26 years and 364 days as County Manager, Jay Gsell is retiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gsell has led Genesee County through so many changes since taking office in 1993. He will walk out the doors of the old county court house at Rt. 5 and 63 on August 14th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mq5kRdayD5g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After being presented with a Proclamation by the Genesee County Legislature, Gsell said that his years working here were about team work and collaboration. Gsell has worked with 39 different legislators, 6 different legislative chairs and 6 city managers during his time in Genesee County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJwZjzjJv5U?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During resolutions, the Legislature appointed Matthew Landers, Assistant County Manager, to the position of County Manager at a salary of $121,000+longevity. He will start as County Manager on August 15th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Landers has been Assistant County Manager for six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was born and raised in Genesee County and graduated from Elba High School in 1995. He earned his Bachelors in Accounting and his Masters in Public Administration at SUNY Brockport. He and his wife Melissa, and their two children, Benjamin, 10, and Kaitlyn, 14, reside in Batavia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sDL2TzOYbHQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18473\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/23\/genesee-county-assistant-county-manager-appointed-county-manager-during-legislature-meeting-on-wednesday-night-gsell-to-retire-next-month\/matt-jay\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Matt-Jay.jpg?fit=1280%2C712&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,712\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Matt Jay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Matt-Jay.jpg?fit=900%2C501&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Matt-Jay.jpg?resize=761%2C422&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18473\" width=\"761\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Matt-Jay.jpg?resize=300%2C167&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Matt-Jay.jpg?resize=768%2C427&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Matt-Jay.jpg?resize=450%2C250&amp;ssl=1 450w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Matt-Jay.jpg?resize=150%2C83&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Matt-Jay.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><figcaption>Left to right-Matthew Landers, his mom and step dad, Jay Gsell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 26 years and 364 days as County Manager, Jay Gsell is retiring. Gsell has led Genesee County through so many changes since taking office in 1993. He will walk out the doors of the old county court house at Rt. 5 and 63 on August 14th. After being presented \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/07\/23\/genesee-county-assistant-county-manager-appointed-county-manager-during-legislature-meeting-on-wednesday-night-gsell-to-retire-next-month\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23],"tags":[2240,2241],"class_list":["post-18461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","tag-jay-gsell-retires","tag-matthew-landers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-4NL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18875,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/08\/14\/genesee-county-farewell-to-county-manager-jay-gsell\/","url_meta":{"origin":18461,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Farewell  to County Manager Jay Gsell","author":"aka","date":"August 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gar7mgQgsE4 Jay Gsell Farewell Program Friday, August 14, 2020 Commendations 4:15pm - Congressman Christopher Jacobs - NYSAC President Jack Marren - Senator Michael Ranzenhofer - Assemblyman Stephen Hawley - Batavia City Council President Eugene Jankowski Comments - Genesee County Legislature Chair Rochelle Stein - Former Genesee County Legislature Chair Mary\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Genesee County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Genesee County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/genesee-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/still.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/still.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/still.jpg?fit=640%2C360&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14364,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/02\/29\/genesee-county-county-manager-jay-gsell-announces-retirement-landers-to-replace-him\/","url_meta":{"origin":18461,"position":1},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/County Manager Jay Gsell announces retirement, Landers to replace him","author":"aka","date":"February 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release At the February 26th Legislature meeting, County Manager Jay Gsell announced his plan to retire as of August 14, 2020. He will have twenty-seven years as county manager and a total of forty-five years working in government. Upon earning his bachelor\u2019s degree from the College of William and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Genesee County&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Genesee County","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/genesee-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jay-gsell.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jay-gsell.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jay-gsell.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jay-gsell.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Jay-gsell.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59626,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/batavian-jay-gsell-takes-his-well-deserved-place-as-recipient-of-health-and-humanitarian-award\/","url_meta":{"origin":18461,"position":2},"title":"Batavian Jay Gsell takes his well-deserved place as recipient of Health and Humanitarian Award","author":"aka","date":"December 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Jay Gsell opens a gift from The Jerome Foundation \u2013 something from MacKenzie-Childs \u2013 as Robert Balbick, foundation president, looks on. 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