County Considers Pay Raises
The Glasscock
County Commissioners’ Court began work on the 2002-2003 budget at their
regular meeting Aug. 12, and will continue it at a called meeting Aug. 20.
Several pay raises are among budget items being considered, with nothing
yet finalized.
Sheriff
Royce “Booger” Pruit has requested a $1,500 raise for himself and each of
the four other people in his department. With that increase, Pruit’s
sheriff’s salary would be $34,700, the two deputy sheriffs would each make
$29,100, while office personnel would make $24,800 and $23,300. County/District
Clerk Rebecca “Becky” Batla has also asked for a $1,500 increase for herself
and the deputy clerk, which would put their salaries at $29,000 and $24,800
respectively. County Judge Wilburn Bednar, whose salary is $22,620, plus a state
supplement of $10,000, did not budget a raise for himself, but is requesting a
$2,400 increase for his secretary, taking her salary to $9,000. Constable LeRoy
Hoelscher asked for an increase of $2,400, which would make his salary
$10,200.
Note:
Readers should go to the September, 2001 issue of the Glasscock County News,
“County Adopts Budget…” for a recap of county salary matters last year.
Not
asking for increases to their current salaries are: Justice of the Peace Marilee
Jost ($15,600) County Treasurer Alan Dierschke ($22,200), Courthouse Custodian
Douglas Plagens ($24,000), County Agent Steve Sturtz ($20,000), extension
service secretary ($20,400), and county entomologist ($1,750).
The four county commissioners, who currently make $19,200 each, have not yet
determined whether they will increase their own salaries. Nor have they
indicated if they will increase the salaries of other county employees, such as
the twelve on the road crew, the jail custodian, two jailers, three fire
department chiefs, or two trappers, among others.
County May
Purchase Property
The
court again discussed buying property immediately east of the post office.
Commissioner Mark Halfmann said Tony Rameriz wants to sell three lots there for
$1,000 each. The court seemed in agreement to purchase them but no vote was
taken. Bednar was to check into availability of other lots on that property.
The county will soon paint parking spaces and place concrete bumpers around the
community center. Handicapped spaces will be marked, and doorways will be
designated as no parking zones. The alley east of the building will be one-way
going south, with diagonal parking next to the building, and parallel parking on
the east side of that alley.
Commissioners decided to allow Steve Sturtz to go ahead with fencing an area for
4-H shooting sports on county-owned property at the west dumpsite without
waiting any longer for a survey, which isn’t legally necessary.