The Kern County Water Agency named two longtime employees to run the powerful entity after the board let its general manager go just one month before his contract was set to expire. Administrative Operations Manager Nick Pavletich and State Water Project Manager Craig Wallace will co-manage the agency while a recruitment committee begins the search for a new general manager. The two were named as interim managers after a special meeting held Tuesday morning. Pavletich, who has been with the agency for 24 years, will oversee local activities. Wallace, who has worked at the agency a little more than 10 years, will oversee the agency’s statewide activities with a focus on the Delta Conveyance Project, a tunnel proposed to bring water beneath the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The agency board also announced it would form an advisory committee of board members to work with the co-managers “to ensure stability.”