Julianne Fries, the head of Teton Countyâs human resources department, is resigning.
But the human resources director who served amid public calls for the departmentâs review and low employee morale is slotted to stay on Teton Countyâs payroll as a consultant.
Per a Teton County Board of County Commissioners-approved contract, Fries will continue working on a retainer that will pay her $10,877 a month. Thatâs roughly $1,000 more than her most recent monthly pay reported in the countyâs state-mandated list of full time employees and salaries, which is attached to the online version of this article along with the contract at JHNewsAndGuide.com. County Administrator Alyssa Watkins said the extra cash is the total of Friesâ monthly salary and single rate for COBRA, a federal insurance offered to employees who lose their employer-provided health insurance.