New Great Bend City Administrator Kendal Francis has been busy since starting his new job in the city two weeks ago. Much of his work has been familiarizing himself with the community and reaching out to other local governing bodies including the Barton County Commission. Francis made a stop at the courthouse Monday to extend an olive branch to Commissioners to let them know he is all about cooperation between the city and the county.

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Commission Chair Jennifer Schrartz echoed Francis’ comments concerning future cooperation and revealed that discussions have already taken place about scheduling joint meetings in the future where both Commissioners and Great Bend City Council members would take part.

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Francis spent nearly 20 years in Beloit with the city’s water/wastewater department. He has served as City Administrator for Lakin and most recently as City Administrator for Coffeyville from August 2015 to March 2018.