Familiar face takes over position

The City of Green River may have a new finance director, but employees and residents won’t have to learn a new name.

Chris Meats officially took over the city’s finance director’s position, which was previously held by Jeff Nieters. For the past 14 years, Meats acted as the city’s accounting supervisor.

Meats’ accounting career began with the Big Five Company in Denver. From there, he moved to Casper and worked for a regional accounting firm. Before that, Meats obtained a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Wyoming and is a Certified Public Accountant.

After f...