Franklin BOC to Hold Two Called Meeting This Week in Search for New County Manager

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners will meet this evening for one of two called meetings this week.

A second called meeting will be held on Thursday, the 21st.

In both called meetings the Board will go into executive session to discuss personnel.

County Commission chair Dr. Jason Macomson tells WLHR News the Board will be continuing their efforts to find a new county manager.

Last week, Macomson announced the Board had narrowed the list of candidates to about 15, and of those had chosen applicants to interview.

“The Board has evaluated each application that we received for County Manager and we have eliminated those that we felt did not meet our qualifications,” he said. “At this point, we are going to schedule interviews with multiple candidates over the next 10 days with a view towards announcing our final candidates, and that’s plural, at our January 26 work session.”

According to Macomson, they received about 30 applications for the position.

He said the Board is looking for someone with strong experience in personnel management and financial administration.

Among other things, the County Manager works with the Board of Commissioners in the day-to-day operations of all aspects of the county government, including personnel, finance, and planning.

Also required according to the job description is a knowledge of local government financial administration and fund accounting; knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, statutes, and regulations.

Once the finalist is announced, the Board must wait 14 days from that announcement, according to Georgia law, before formally voting to hire that person.

Both of this week’s called meetings begin at 6p and are open to the public.