GGCD Raises Salaries/Lowers Tax Rate
The Glasscock Groundwater Conservation District’s Board of Directors (Kent McMillan and Rick Harston absent) gave its two employees a three percent cost-of-living raise at its meeting Aug. 21. District Manager Rick Harston will have $1,200 more per year added to his salary, which will total $41,200. Secretary Tisha Burnett’s salary will go up $609 to $20,909.
The raises were part of a proposed balanced budget totaling $152,000, essentially the same as the previous year. The 2008 tax rate was set at the effective rate of .018460 per $100 valuation. The past year’s rate was .020834.
Most of the district’s expenses are in salaries/benefits ($79,223) and weather modification ($27,000). The district has cash reserves of $157,000 in certificates of deposit currently drawing five percent interest.