 Galveston
County Commissioners Court voted 2-2, with
Stephen Holmes and Ken Clark in favor and
County Judge Jim Yarbrough and Eddie Janek
opposed, to defeat a motion to authorize a
cash payment of compensatory time to tax
employees submitted by Tax
Assessor-Collector Cheryl Johnson. Listen
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Yarbrough
said that he wants the issue reviewed by the
Human Resources and Professional Services
departments before voting on it, to
determine ''what other exposure we would
have with the other departments."
Johnson,
who first requested the payment last week,
was miffed at another delay.
"We
are in the middle of an extremely busy time
right now and I am having a very difficult
time getting some of my employees,
particularly my exempt employees to come in
and work over to address the backlog of tax
payments right now, because they are due
money for money that they've never received,
and their comp time is built up to such an
extent that they can't go any higher right
now," Johnson said.
The
item will be reconsidered next week, after
the issue is researched further and when all
members of the commissioners court will be
in attendance.
Yarbrough
reported on an accident that put the toll
booth on the San Luis Pass Causeway out of
business. Listen
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