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Burke County budget work session approves pay increase, park and E911 funding and several staffing changes
Summary
In a called meeting Aug. 20, Burke County commissioners approved multiple budget and personnel items, including an assistant county manager pay raise, E911 overtime funding, Citizens Park improvements, a contested recreation custodian hire, and contingency funding rules for the Sheriff’s Department.
At a called meeting and budget work session on Aug. 20, the Burke County Board of Commissioners approved a series of budget and personnel items and set several directions for staff.
Key approvals included a pay increase for Assistant County Manager Adam Flakes from grade 27-9 to 27-14; Commissioner Q. U. “Art” Lively moved the increase with Commissioner Evans Martin seconding. The motion passed 3–2 with Commissioners Lively, Martin, and Lucious Abrams in favor and Chair Terri Lodge Kelly and Commissioner R. Tommy Nix opposed. Manager Merv Waldrop indicated he would encourage Flakes to attain Public Manager certification from the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG).
The Board approved $225,000 to fund a…
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