Arp's Raise Cut
| In a surprising move at Monday's commission workshop,
the Loudon County Commission budget committee recommended eliminating
the $10,000.00 salary supplement that had previously been included in
the budget of the highway commissioner's budget. The budget committee
decided it would be more cost effective to pay an independent engineer
$25 per hour when a need for an engineer would arise. Highway
commissioner, Sean Giles was not pleased.
But the real net effect of the budget committee's decision was a reduction in the raise Doyle Arp will receive in the upcoming fiscal year. You may recall a few weeks ago, we learned that Arp had schemed himself a raise of more than $8,700.00 by using the highway commissioner's salary as a base for his raise. With the elimination of the $10,000.00 salary supplement for Giles, Arp's raise will now be based on the sheriff's salary. Arp's raise will now be $3,793.00. But before you all start running out with collection jars to raise money for Arp, his new salary will now be $79,658.00. Tax money well spent? You can decide. |
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7/30/08