HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Reno County Commissioners will go over the process for finding a new County Administrator during Tuesday’s meeting.

Current Administrator, Gary Meagher announced he would retire at the end of the year. The meeting will decide what avenues to take including a possible search for a firm, which Human Resource Director Rene Harris says seems likely. “The plan right now is the Commission wants to look into using a recruiting firm like we did with Gary. That worked well,” Harris said.

What that means is sending out a request for proposals for such a firm. “So that’s what I’m doing next week is bringing . . . a request for proposal to them for approval, to then send out to some firms that we have identified.

One of the requirements on the RFP is a quick timeline for finding Meagher’s replacement. “Obviously it’s going to have to happen fairly quickly because we would like to have someone in place…by January 1,” Harris said.

The Hutchinson City Council is expected to begin discussion for finding a new City Manager as John Deardoff also announced his plans to retire next spring.