January 4, 2010
HOW MUCH DOES THE COUNTY PAY YOUR COMMISSIONER EACH
MONTH?
Based on information we have received through open records
and from sitting in meetings, the following chart shows how much your commissioner is paid
each month as of December 2009.
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Commissioner
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Salary
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Comm
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Spouse
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Total
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Health Ins
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Health Ins
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Pennamon
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1,076.41
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464.39
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255.41
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1,796.21
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Hill
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837.21
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464.39
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255.41
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1,557.01
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*
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Bernard
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837.21
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464.39
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255.41
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1,557.01
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Patrick
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700.10
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0.00
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0.00
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700.10
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Cox
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700.10
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464.39
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0.00
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1,164.49
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* Unknown if have spouse health
insurance coverage
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Commissioner’s health insurance was not paid
by the county until voted in by the board of Carl Pennamon,
Charles Hill, Russell Bennett, Jerry Crow, and Greg Wyatt.
Comm. Bernard has
made an issue of wanting better health insurance which really means he doesn’t
want to pay a $2,000 deductible. The
county is paying all of his health insurance premium and ½ of his wife’s, just
like they do for all employees. That’s
not enough for Comm. Bernard. Today in the
budget session Comm. Bernard convinced Comm. Cox, Comm. Hill, and Comm.
Pennamon that $150,000 should be moved out of contingency and into personnel
benefits so higher health insurance premiums could be paid to lower the
deductible. It seems to be OK to cut the
hospital, library, 911, and everything else, but Comm. Bernard can still spend
money to help himself.
TWG has subscribed
to a survey which accumulates and totals all responses.
TWG wants to know
how you feel about the county paying 100% of the health insurance premiums for
the commissioners and the county employees.
Click here to take
the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WS7GL68
TWG
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** To keep the taxpayers of Jasper County, Georgia
informed as to where and how their tax dollars are
being spent.
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and laws being discussed and enacted.
** We advocate more open government, less government
spending, and lower property taxes.
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