Sparta Evaluates Wages To Combat Employee Turnover

Sparta Officials will launch a comprehensive pay study to address rising employee turnover, following a Thursday night vote. City Administrator Tonya Tindle said the city needed the study after several resignations highlighted significant wage gaps between the city and neighboring jurisdictions. Tindle said the analysis will evaluate the current compensation landscape. “That will take our […]
Overton Budget Committee To Revisit Pay, Taxes

The Overton County Budget Committee will go back to work on a new county budget after hearing from residents upset with a property tax increase and some of the spending in the budget. Commissioner Geraldine Walker said the main concern she heard from the public about the last proposal was a $3 per hour raise […]









