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Fleming County court accepts 3.4% CPI increase for elected officials; separate pay motions split
Summary
After a split roll call, the Fiscal Court accepted a 3.4% CPI salary increase for elected officials; a proposed raise for employee Madonna McElfresh to $16.50 an hour failed, then the court approved a separate $1-per-hour increase for her.
Fleming County Fiscal Court voters accepted the annual consumer price index (CPI) salary increase of 3.4% for elected officials following a divided roll call at its Feb. 13 meeting. Magistrates Kerri Marshall and Taylor Hunt voted to reject the increase; Magistrates Richie Kielman, Joe Dunaway Jr., Donnie Fawns and Ray H. Money voted to accept, giving the measure a majority.
Earlier in the meeting, County Judge/Executive John Sims Jr. recommended raising county employee Madonna McElfresh’s hourly rate to $16.50. The motion, made by Ray H. Money and seconded by Donnie Fawns, failed on roll call with Marshall, Hunt, Kielman and Dunaway voting NO and Fawns and Money voting YES.
Later, the court approved a separate, unanimous motion to give McElfresh a $1.00-per-hour increase effective with the next payroll period.
Why it matters: The CPI increase affects elected officials’ pay broadly and was decided by a narrow majority, while the court weighed a targeted staff pay proposal and ultimately approved a smaller, across-the-board increase for the individual employee. The differing outcomes show the court distinguishing between county-wide elected-official compensation and individual personnel adjustments.
What’s next: The CPI increase will apply per the county’s pay schedules; the failed $16.50 proposal remains rejected, and McElfresh’s $1 per hour raise will take effect at the next payroll cycle.
