Darryl Eschete Hired as Director of the West Des Moines Public Library

Chippewa Falls library chief headed for Iowa. (Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, 2/23/2012)

Excerpt:   A frigid, snow-filled first winter in Wisconsin couldn't prompt Louisiana native Darryl Eschete to leave his job as Chippewa Falls Public Library director. 

But alterations to Wisconsin employee public worker compensation combined with changes in his family life, a higher salary and a quality place to live convinced Eschete it's time to move on. 

Eschete, 35, said Thursday he is leaving to become director of the West Des Moines Public Library in Iowa. He plans to begin his new job April 16. 

He was chosen from among three finalists for the job. West Des Moines has a population of 61,000 compared with 13,500 for Chippewa Falls. 

Eschete started working in Chippewa Falls in February 2010. He said he will make $96,000 during the first year of his new job, up from $58,970 in Chippewa Falls.

Darryl replaces newly retired guy Ray Vignovich, who previously worked at the Appleton Public Library.  Ray served as Director of the West Des Moines Public Library since 1992.