| 114th Year, 45th Issue | Thursday, June 19, 2003 | Sparta, North Carolina |
The Alleghany County Board of Commissioners last week agreed to fund some requests not included in the county manager's initial recommendation for the proposed 2003-04 budget.
With the funding changes — which required dipping deeper into the fund balance and contingency fund than anticipated — came some conditions. The commissioners want more information from some of the organizations they help fund. In addition, they agreed by consensus to County Manager Don Adams' request for a more fiscally tight posture toward budget amendments, especially in the first few months of the fiscal year. As part of the new budget proposal, the county will be instituting a three-year plan to adjust local salaries at a cost of $78,531.
The plan will help balance local salaries and make them commensurate
with similar positions in other counties and private business. That
information is based on recommendations made by All-American Associates
in a salary plan delivered to the county earlier this year. In addition
to the three-year implementation, the county also gave employees an
additional one step (1.875 percent) cost of living pay increase.
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