Longtime Garfield County staffer Fred Jarman is in line to become the next county manager. County commissioners, at their regular Monday meeting, announced Jarman as their lone in-house finalist to succeed County Manager Kevin Batchelder,.
Garfield County commissioners could announce their choice or finalists to become the new county manager from a pool of internal candidates as soon as next week. If no satisfactory candidates emerge from that initial round.
Garfield County commissioners recently approved $26,500 in first quarter 2022 discretionary grants for local nonprofits, but two requests for funding to build new single-track trails in the area are on hold.
A 5% pay hike for Garfield County government employees that’s proposed as part of the 2022 county budget presented this week aims to maintain the county’s workforce amid hiring pressures.