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Gibson County council to advertise part-time veteran service hire and approve short-term prosecutor funding moves
Summary
After state property-tax rule changes increased workload for the veteran service office, the council voted to advertise a $10,800 part-time position and approved budget transfers and advertising for a prosecuting-attorney hire to cover an emergency staffing gap.
George Vickers, the county veteran service officer, asked the Gibson County Council for a short-term appropriation to hire a part-time worker after recent state property-tax changes require disabled veterans to refile for credits.
"I'm here to ask you this morning for an additional appropriation to fund a part-time hire to assist me," Vickers told the council, saying the six-month cost for the immediate workload was about $10,747 (rounded to $10,800) and that the temporary hire could later help digitize roughly 10,000 veteran records.
The request followed…
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