Granite Shoals promotes finance director to assistant city manager

GRANITE SHOALS — After almost nine months as the city manager, Judy Miller has an assistant — which means Ken Nickel now wears two hats.

Miller recently named the city finance director as the municipality’s first assistant city manager.

But Nickel is still keeping his old job, too, the City Council heard Nov. 8 during their meeting.

"Ken is a great asset to the city and the community," Miller said. "He’ll serve as the assistant city manger/director of finance. It’s something the city needs and it’s something I need."

Miller, who was hired in January, said she has more than enough to do, so now she can delegate some tasks to Nickel.

"I found myself having to cover so many bases and oversee so many different things," Miller said. "Ken brings a tremendous amount of managerial experience with him already. One of the things I noticed about Ken when I first arrived here was his dedication to customer service. He has that down to a ‘T’ and that’s something I really value."