Washington County Courthouse – photo by Sally Y. Hart

A familiar face is again part of the Washington County Engineer’s Office and the county has two licensed engineers.

At Wednesday’s meeting the board of supervisors acknowledged the hire of David Patterson as the assistant county engineer. Patterson served as the Washington County Engineer from November of 2004 to January of 2012. Washington County Engineer Jacob Thorius said Patterson’s experience will help the department, as they’ll now be able to do more work in-house and have to rely less on consultants. Patterson’s official first day back with the county was Wednesday.