Monday, July 9, 2007

OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Word has it that among the items on tonight's Operations Committee agenda is the release of a report showing which employees are being paid from multiple codes.

From what I gather, there is particular interest in the salary of Assistant to the County Mayor. Apparently, from multiple codes, she is making over $50,000 per year.

Who are her supervisors on these other jobs? How many hours does she work at each? How does she segregate her duties? All valid questions that need to be asked of her, and any other employee doing the same.

If she is a part-time employee working in three departments, you might be able to justify it. However, I would have to assume that the Administrative Assistant to the County Mayor would be a full-time position and, if so, that means that she is getting paid full-time, with benefits, but only working part-time in that office.

We have deputies risking their lives every day for each of us, yet the Mayor's secretary is making more than twice what they do? Unreal. She gets three salaries, yet they can't even get overtime. You have to wonder how many other employees are dipping in to multiple codes and, more importantly, who is authorizing them to do it. Something is wrong in the Courthouse.

9 years ago, the voters of Anderson County were promised professionalism, and this is what we get? In the local paper, dated 8/04/98, Lynch was quoted as saying that the County Executive should "set an example for all other departments to follow.", and that this example should include personnel practices and financial conservatism. I guess he forgot about that one.

Let's see what the Operations Committee comes up with.....

2 comments:

county truth said...

Well, let me respond. I think some of them are so well hidden that the truth will never come out. There are rumors that Mr. B was actually being paid by 3 sources in the county at one time and also being paid by the state. You are asking the people who set this up to give you the information. Come on here, do you really think they are going to expose thmeselves. I think even Mr. Lynch is being paid by more than one source. I think he gets money as an insurance consultant also but I am not sure. Just rumors you hear. Ms. Cook is also supposed to be receiving the same compensation. This has gone on for so long and been hidden so well. How many times did commission ask how many codes Mr. B was being paid out of and never got the truth.

Unknown said...

So... it's tomorrow evening already. What happened??