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Commissioners give raise during Fiscal
Crisis
Even though the
BOC hired Bernard Fontaine as Special Assistance to Board, they then
voted to give Sharon Robinson, county financial officer, $700
per month extra as “interim County Manager.” This extra $$
will last until a county manager is hired. We disagree with
this move! If they just hired a special assistant, this
will relieve the office staff of many chores. If the county
is in such a financial bind, giving someone an extra $700 per month
is not justified. If other departments have to cut back, surely the
Office Staff can do the same. That office used to be run by
2 people; there have been 4 for quite some time—until Peevy
resigned. Now there are 4 again, and this raise is just not
justified, especially when there seems to be a question as to where
we stand financially and if the financial work is up to date.
At the end of
meeting Mr. Francis Cason asked Carl Pennamon where he got his
financial report that said the county had all that money. He
said from Sharon Robinson. Mr. Cason said he wanted a copy of it.
We’ll be anxious to see just what he gets. If Mr. Pennamon had all
this proof, he would surely still have it now since he wants to make
such an issue of it. We’ll see what happens; we are still going to
get copies of the bank reconciliations and publish them on our
website.
Mr. Pennamon was
also asked during the comment section why they didn’t put
money into the budget for capping the old landfill? There
wasn’t really an answer for this. We do know that Mr. Pennamon has
tried to have the landfill shut down for years.
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