Foster and Eddy County officials discuss emergency manager employment

The Eddy County Commission met in a special meeting on Wednesday, May 30 to discuss an offer letter that was sent to Eddy County’s Emergency Manager candidate, Jess Earle, who is also the Emergency Manager for Foster County.

In essence, the letter stated that Earle would be an hourly employee of Eddy County working about eight hours per week. Earle did have a request that Eddy County pay Fos...