Habersham County has released the names of the three finalists for the county manager position, vacated in December by former manager Alicia Vaughn.
County officials announced in a news release Wednesday, March 26, the three individuals left standing from a pool of 60 candidates, all with experience in government, are:
Tim Sims
Sims, who was selected to succeed Vaughn on an interim basis in December, has been Habersham County’s finance director since 2020.
With an extensive background in government, Sims previously worked for Hall County for 22 years.
Mark Musselwhite
Musslewhite, the current city manager of Demorest, served on the Gainesville City Council from 2000 to 2006.
He was brought on in December of 2021 as interim city manager before being approved as city manager in April of 2022.
Last year, Musselwhite received the Harold F. Holtz Municipal Training Institute Certificate of Excellence during the Georgia Municipal Association’s (GMA) Annual Cities United Summit in Atlanta in early 2024.
Tim Jarrell
Jarrell was the town manager and police chief of Mt. Airy before his departure in 2022. He left to join the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office as an investigator.
Before that, he worked as the police chief of Toccoa until he left for Mt. Airy in 2018.
What’s next?
According to state law, the public can inspect the finalists’ resumés and other documentation related to their applications at least 14 calendar days before the final vote. Anyone wanting to review that information may contact the county clerk’s office at (706) 839-0215 or by email at [email protected].
The commission has not announced a timeline for when a final decision will be made.
