NORWICH – Randy Gibbon, director of the Chenango County Department of Public Works, is retiring after 36 years of service.

The Norwich native began his career with the county in 1975 as tax map technician, and after some years away from county service, returned in 1985 when appointed senior engineer for the DPW’s highway department. Gibbon became highway superintendent in 1997, and was later appointed to director of the public works department.