DAYTON-Public Works Engineer and Director Charles Eaton submitted his resignation during an executive session with the Columbia County Commissioners on December 20.

Returning from the session, the commissioners accepted Eaton's resignation, and all thanked him for his service to the county.

Eaton signed on with Columbia County in November 2018 and began working in December of that year after he and his wife, Nancy, relocated from the Portland area. Before his job in Dayton, Eaton was the Engineering Director for the City of Milwaukee, Ore.

In an interview with The Times, Eaton shared that...