DeFUNIAK SPRINGS — Walton County commissioners have agreed to hire Robert Halfhill as their new county administrator.
“I appreciate the confidence the commission has placed in me and I’m ready to go to work,” Halfhill said Wednesday.
Acting County Attorney Mark Davis announced at Tuesday’s County Commission meeting that an employment package had been presented to Halfhill and that he had accepted a salary of $114,000. Commissioners then voted unanimously to bring him in.
His predecessor Greg Kisela was paid $132,000.
Halfhill’s first day on the job will be March 1.
“I’ve already scheduled appointments with administrative offices for my first week on the job,” Halfhill said.
His most recent job was as public works director for Charlotte County, where he had served since 2009. According to his resume, he oversaw 140 people and controlled a $36 million budget.
Halfhill also had a brief stint as interim county administrator in Escambia County from Dec. 4, 2001, to April 21, 2002.
According to the Pensacola Independent News, Halfhill served between Tom Forrest, who was run off by state senator turned County Commissioner W.C. Childers, and George Touart, who started the job just days before Childers was arrested and booted from the board.
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Halfhill also was a Marine for 14 years.