Farewell to Finance Director

     The October 2 city council meeting was permeated with well wishes for Tim Nash, the city’s finance director. Nash’s last day of work was Thursday, October 4 after thirty years with the city of Greeley.

            Of those 30 years of work, 25 have been as finance director. Counselor Robb Casseday started volunteering with the city after Nash became finance director. Casseday says that Nash knows the city and those who work for it well.

            “That experience has just been invaluable because he knows the city inside and out,” Casseday said of Nash’s years of work for Greeley.

            Casseday says that he has no doubt the city will be able to hire a good accountant, but that Nash’s experience and knowledge will be more difficult to replace.

            Nash said the best part of his job was working with city council, and that it was a lot of fun to work with the people who translate the wishes and needs of the citizens.

            “I really think it’s the people I work with. There are so many dedicated employees I work with that care about their jobs, and care about the city of Greeley,” Nash said.

            Conversely the hardest part of Nash’s job was balancing tough budgets.

            “Somebody benefits from every program the city has,” he said.