County Transfers Funds Within Budget
The Glasscock County Commissioners Court met in special session Sept. 29 to make amendments totaling $145,000 to the 2005-2006 budget just before the end of the fiscal year. Of that amount, $49,000 was moved from the Miscellaneous and Continuance Fund into various departmental funds to balance overages, and $93,000, including funds to correct an overage of $74,000 in road equipment repairs, was moved within the individual departments. In the Garden City Water System, $2,900 was moved into the electricity fund to balance it.
County Engineer Dan Glass reported paving/seal coating for the year totaled $235,000, ten percent of which was held back from payment until any problems with the work have been resolved.
Deputy Keith Burnett reported that the video camera in his vehicle is not working. Bids for a new system ranged from $4,000 to $6,000. Burnett said the company had been contacted, and their suggestions for solutions to the problems were not effective. Commissioner Marck Schafer said he’d like Burnett to check further on the feasibility of repair before the court agrees to buy new equipment. The equipment is four years old and had a service warranty of two years.
Belew Thinks Extension Office Overlooked
Charlene Belew spoke to the court regarding her personal concerns that extension personnel often seem overlooked when other county employees are given raises. She said road crew personnel were given raises this year and everyone except extension got one the year before. She said no one in her office has gotten a raise in two years except the money recently given Rebel Royall, which wasn’t actually a raise, since he was promised it when he took the job. She noted the extra hours she spends on her work as both
4-H coordinator and FCS agent and said the 4-H program is recognized as one of the state’s best. The court said that Belew had been given an increase of $2,500 when there was no agriculture agent on staff and she was handling more than her share of the load. Belew later disputed this figure, saying she received only $1,000. County Treasurer Alan Dierschke was to check the salary figures.
Joe Calverley expressed appreciation for the county getting rid of some falling-down old houses in Garden City and reported receiving several positive comments about the paving at the cemetery. She said work on the cemetery is continuing, but is currently on hold, waiting for sandblasting and painting of fence posts to be completed.