NEWS
Sheriff offers comp time, salary scale proposals
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Sheriff Marshall Thomas made pitches Tuesday for changes in compensatory time for law enforcement and the addition of a pay scale for new sheriff’s office employees, but members of the commissioner’s court took no action preferring to study both issues and wait for a new human resource officer.
The court met Tuesday due to Monday’s Veteran’s Day holiday.
For many years overtime for law enforcement has been an ongoing battle for county government.
Law officers are under different requirements than regular salaried employees as their overtime is often “banked” and they are expected to take time off. However, the office runs into problems when they are short-handed or when an employee with lots of hours leaves the job and has to be paid for that “banked” time.
The current employee policy sets a limit of 100 hours, however, Thomas asked to change it to 250 hours explaining in the event of a major crime incident it provides a bit more leeway to juggle the staff and their comp time.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves the Thursday Bowie News to a Friday delivery date
It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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