Money where their mouth is
County commissioners will take a $450 per month pay cut in a budget that includes no property tax increase, the Blount County Commission voted Tuesday.
To keep the property tax rate a steady $2.43, however, the county will have to dip into its general fund balance for some $2,584,000.
Commissioners tackled the proposed pay cut — from $900 per month to $450 per month — first thing, with Commissioner Steve Hargis moving to strike it from the appropriations resolution.
July 6th, 2005 at 9:39 pm
This wouldn’t mean much if they made $100k a year like the D.C. city council members. What’s most amazing is that they only make $900 a month, were considering cutting that to $0, and ultimately cut it in half to $450 a month.