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Council approves $21.65 hourly rate for returning part‑time clerk amid salary‑ordinance confusion
Summary
Marie Shepard asked the council to approve paying a returning eight‑year county clerk $21.65 an hour; members approved the pay but spent substantial time debating multiple unsigned or conflicting salary‑ordinance drafts and whether part‑time pay is capped at $18 under existing rules.
Marie Shepard told the Jennings County Council she was asking the board to approve paying a returning eight‑year clerk at $21.65 an hour after the position was reduced to part time. "I'm here this evening to ask to pay our parttime my part‑time clerk...her position got cut. The last budget she was fulltime and the position got cut to part time and she's willing to come back and work for me," Marie Shepard said.
Council members debated whether the county's salary ordinance limits part‑time pay to $18 an hour and raised alarms about multiple, inconsistent salary‑ordinance…
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