Mayor Wamp Warns Against Civil Service In Hamilton County
In His Monday Talk With Republican Organization The Pachyderm Club, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp Issued A Warning Against Creating A Civil Service System For County Employees.
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Hamilton County Commission And Mayor Continue To Battle Over County Attorney’s Job
In A Closed-Door Meeting On Wednesday With A Private Attorney, Hamilton County Commissioners Decided That New County Mayor Weston Wamp Acted Unilaterally In His Firing Of County Attorney Rheubin Taylor.
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Hamilton County Mayor Explains Why County Attorney Was Fired
County Attorney Rheubin Taylor Has Been Fired And Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp Explained That Taylor Was The Only Department Head Mentioned By His Legal Advisors When Changes Were Being Recommended As He Prepared To Take Office.
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HCS School Board Voices Concerns To Commission About Redistricting
On Tuesday, October 26th, The Hamilton County School Board Met Jointly With The Hamilton County Commission To Discuss The Possibility Of Switching From Nine Districts To Eleven Districts For Both The School Board And The Commission.
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Republicans Boyd, Bankston, Fairbanks Side With Democrats For Personal Pay Increases
Hamilton County Commissioners Clash Over A Resolution That, If It Becomes State Law, Would Allow Commissioners To Set Their Own Salaries With Only 5 Votes In Favor.
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“Sneaky Six” Secretly Work to Raise Pay on Hamilton County Commission Instead of Voting Publicly
Six Hamilton County Commissioners Have Signed An Act That, Once Passed, Will Allow Them To Vote For Their Own Pay Raises.
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Mackey Pushes For Commissioner Pay Raises Amid Pandemic; Faces Fire From Other Commissioners
At first glance, the act appears fairly benign but it could mean that the Commissioners will be receiving pay raises this year, and on a different scale, possibly higher than they have in previous years.
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Commissioners Concerned About Additional $20,000 Daily Expense For Housing More Inmates
“This is $44,000 resolution for 200 beds. A one-time capital expense. But the addition of 200 extra people into Silverdale at current expense rates is a $20,000 daily reoccurring expense. Every day these 200 beds cost us $20,000 in perpetuity. That’s a major expense.”
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