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GOLDEN — A banker has received preliminary approval to succeed Faye Griffin as Jefferson County treasurer.
Tim Kauffman was chosen from a half-dozen applicants for the $87,300-a-year post that Griffin will vacate next week when she is sworn in as a county commissioner.
Kauffman currently is vice president of High Plains Bank in Lakewood and held management positions with FirsTier Bank and SunCorp Corporate Credit Union, both in Westminster, and Colorado Credit Union League in Arvada.



