Commissioner proposes $0.25 hourly raise; board requests budget review first

Aug 22, 2026

Commissioner Frank Crook proposed a $0.25-per-hour across-the-board raise for county employees; Chairman Lee Boone asked the board to review financials first and requested the finance director attend the next meeting.

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Commissioner Frank Crook proposed a $0.25-per-hour pay increase for every Heard County employee, noting the county had not given raises in four years. "He would like to see the County employees get a raise of twenty-five cents an hour for each employee," the minutes record.

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