Northern Wasco County Parks and Recreation board members have authorized chair Catherine Whalen to begin negotiations with their pick from applicants to be the district’s new executive director.  The district board conducted interviews for the position in recent days to replace the dismissed Scott Green.  Karl Cozad has served as the district’s interim director since board members voted to remove Green during the summer.  The board took the action to move forward with the hiring process at a meeting where a handful of public members spoke in support of Green.