City presents conditional offer to Garretty for city manager

The city of Graham Wednesday made a conditional offer to Eric Garretty for the position of city manager. If accepted, Garretty will step in the position vacated by former Graham City Manager Brandon Anderson and filled temporarily by Interim City Manager Larry Fields.

Garretty was one of three candidates presented to the city council in a day-long interview process Wednesday, Aug. 31 at the Graham Visitors and Business Center. During the process, each city council member had 30-minute, one-on-one sessions with each potential hire and later had group interviews with each candidate.

Since 2017, Garretty has been the city manager of Mexia. Prior to his city manager service in Mexia, he worked as the budget manager for the city of Fort Worth, strategic performance coordinator for the city of Hallandale Beach, Fla., and management and budget analyst for Broward County, Fla. He served as a member of the U.S. Marines where he received multiple meritorious service awards.

Garretty has a Master of Science in Management from Naval Postgraduate School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Mississippi. Additionally, he is a member of the Texas City Management Association and is enrolled in the Texas State University Certified Public Manager Program.

For the full story, see the Saturday, Sept. 3 edition of The Graham Leader.