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Wayne County adopts flat pay for poll workers, approves $100-per-meeting board-of-elections stipend
Summary
The Wayne County Board of Commissioners approved a change to poll-worker pay — a flat fee for election-day workers — and authorized $100 per meeting for the county's newly created board of elections, with travel and training expenses covered and the board stipend applied retroactively to January.
The Wayne County Board of Commissioners voted to change how precinct workers and managers are paid and to compensate members of the county's new board of elections.
Election Supervisor Robbie Smart proposed paying managers a flat $185 and other poll workers $165 for election work that includes setup and voting-day duties; Smart said the amount covers roughly 13 hours at the polls plus two hours of setup the day before. The board also approved $100 per meeting for each board of elections member and agreed to pay travel and training expenses; commissioners agreed the stipend should apply retroactively to January when members took office.
Smart said the…
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