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09/13/2007: "25 Years Adds Up To Time To “Go Fishing!”"

( Councilman Rosenfeld presents a gift from the Council to Charlotte Dye)

After 24 years of serving as Chief Deputy Auditor for San Juan County, Charlotte Dye announced her retirement, and her plans to “catch fish I haven’t caught and go places I haven’t been.”. Friday the 14th will be her last official day in the Auditor’s office.

Keeping with her love of fishing and hunting, County Administrator Pete Rose “lured” Dye up to the Council Chambers on Tuesday to ostensibly respond to an inquiry from the Council, which turned out to be a “thank you” for years of service. She received a standing ovation from staff, co-workers and members of the public that had come to wish her well. The gift? A fishing lure.

After work Dye attended a pot-luck dinner in her honor, where stories were told, presents presented and toasts were made.

Ms. Dye was truly the Chief Deputy, both in title and deed. She was the one the Auditor counted on to keep things humming along in the office, and always responded to the public’s requests for information with both a smile and an immediate response. Auditor Milene Henley summed up the feelings of many when she stated “She will be sorely missed, not only for her skills, but for her invaluable institutional history.”

Charlotte first signed on with the San Juan County Auditor’s office in February 1976, but 18 months later left to accecpt a job offer from the J.J. Theodore Cannery at Pear Point. She returned in 1984 and has spent the next 23 years serving the public of San Juan County.

“I’m retiring because I can, but I am going to miss the people.” She and husband Daniel plan to travel for six months and then plan to go fishing and hunting. “I got an elk last year with my papa’s rifle,” she said, “he left it to me when he died, so I feel like I get to take him along with me.”

Jose Domenech, who joined the Auditor’s Accounting Division staff in 2003, has been named to succeed Ms. Dye.