(KNZA)--The search for a new Holton City Manager will soon begin, following the resignation this week of Bret Bauer from that position. “I've been in Holton for almost 6-years now, and my time here has been a great experience,” Bauer tells MSC News. “I've made a lot of great connections and friendships, both from election officials and staff.”
Bauer says he's is leaving the Jackson County community to accept the job of City Manager in Gun Barrel City, Texas, about an hour's drive from Dallas and Fort Worth. “It's about half the size of Holton. It's a lake community, a retirement community. I love the Dallas/Fort Worth area, and I've got family up and down I-35, from Dallas to Wichita, Kansas.”
Bauer, who came from Smithville, Missouri to Holton in 2010, can't easily state just one favorite accomplishment during his time as City Manager. “I'd probably have to say reducing the debt. That's been pretty significant and huge, and that will have a long lasting effect on the taxpayers here in Holton. I can also say the industrial park improvements that we did last summer was also another big one.”
What will Bauer miss most about Holton? “The people. Easily, and in one word, the people.”
Bauer's resignation, accepted by the Holton City Commission this week, becomes effective June 16th.
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