(Cleveland)- White County government employees can look forward to a 2 ½ percent cost of living pay increase beginning this Thursday.
During Monday’s commission work session and called meeting Commission Chairman Travis Turner said back in May and June when they were discussing the current budget they committed to the employees they would look at possible giving employees a cost of living raise after they found out what impact the Coronavirus would have on the budget. “
This is a follow up on that promise,” he said.
After hearing a financial update from County Finance Director Jodi Ligon, she told the commissioners she feels the funds are there to cover the $255,000 needed to cover the increases.
Chairman Turner on behalf of the board expressed his thanks to county employees, “ we appreciate them bearing with us, we had no idea what coming out of the pandemic in March, April, and May. We issued a spending freeze we had no idea and we are very thankful, we are very blessed to be in the financial shape we are as a county today and this is our way of reaching out to our employees, who are the boots on the ground a simple way of saying thank you for your hard work, “ said Turner.
