After a bit of a hiccup the first time around, High River town council has settled on a new Economic Development Officer.

Mayor Craig Snodgrass says council feels very confident with its choice.

"There's no doubt in my mind that Jodi Dawson is the right person for this position in this town right now," says the mayor. "Jodi's born and raised here, she's been involved with the mayor's task force on economic development from day one, she understands that whole process and the consultations that have gone on so that learning curve is out of play."

He says they now have someone that all of the staff and council are confident with as to how economic development will be handled.

"Being a born and raised kid in High River, and Jodi and I went to kindergarten on, so it's very exciting that way to just have a very close friend that's that feels the same about this town as I do," he says.

Snodgrass says he actually felt bad at first because Dawson has done such great work with the Our High River group, he thought she might be able to do more there.