Commissioners Want Employee Salary Study
The Overton County Budget Committee wants to see a salary study completed on county employee compensation. County Commissioners will consider a $2 raise for all county employees, the recommendation of the budget committee this week. Several Commissioners said the county could not afford more right now. Other Commissioners said they wanted to better understand how […]
Overton Budget Committee Approves $2 Raise
The Overton County Budget Committee approved a $2 across-the-board raise for county employees Tuesday night that will increase property taxes by 27.81 cents. Salary Committee Member Donna Savage said employees deserve a bigger increase, but the county just cannot afford the proposed $3 raise. Salary Committee Member Patrick McCurdy said he supported the original $3 […]
Overton Budget Committee Continues Looking For Cuts
Overton County Commission Chair Darwin Clark said the county’s budget committee is back at work looking at every possible way to save money. A County Commission meeting scheduled for Monday postponed while the committee continues its work. Clark said one of the main goals of the committee has been to reduce the size of the […]
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 […]
Overton Sends Budget Back To Committee
After a raucous, hour-long public hearing Monday, Overton County Commissioners sent the plans for a new fiscal year budget back to the budget committee. Commissioners first considered a new salary schedule, but voted 11-4 against it. After that, Chairman Darwin Clark confirmed that they could not vote for the annual budget without the salary schedule. […]
Overton Gets Good News On Ambulance, Monroe Building Bids
The Overton County Budget Committee approved bids for two ambulances and the construction of the Monroe Community Center at its Tuesday meeting. Overton County Executive Steven Barlow said this meeting was designed to open bids for expensive projects to see if those projects are feasible before department heads present proposed budgets for the new fiscal […]
Overton Co. Sees Decrease In Bids For Yearly Supplies And Work
The Overton County Budget Committee saw a decrease in the number of companies bidding for materials and maintenance. Members opened multiple bids Tuesday for numerous items mainly pertaining to road work. Chairman Darwin Clark said the county received single bids for tires, road tiles and piping. “We usually get more providers bidding on our products,” […]
Overton Budget Committee Rejects LA Stadium Plans
The Overton County Budget Committee voted against the proposed $8.9 million Livingston Academy sports facility. Overton County Schools Building Committee Chairman Mike Hayes presented the 12-year bond payment option to the budget committee Tuesday. Chairman Darwin Clark said the plans are just too expensive when the school system has other needs. “We have not done […]
