The police officers are still in a furor over the slap in the face staff for hiring a newbie officer at a significant salary when here is the next slap. Tonight November 3, 2014, the council has on its silver platter the following item:
Personnel & Organization Committee - Chairman Doug Lequire
Item 28 - 14- 25
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Adopt a resolution authorizing promotions and the respective monetary compensation for three members of the Communications Department (Communications Director, Station Manager, and Senior Video Producer) effective January 14, 2014 and repealing previous action taken with Resolution which granted the said promotions and withheld monetary compensation for an unspecified future date.
What does this mean? Well I had to go to the Sentinel to get the scoop. The item give pay raises to the City TV station’s manager - $5300, station manager $4100, and video producer $3650. This is the same Douglas County Sentinel that refused to print a story on the hiring of the new officer and un-equality of pay.
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The item is to adopt a resolution authorizing pay raises for Communications Director Kellie Hunter, Station Manager Jason Post and Senior Video Producer Steve Jones. If approved, Monday’s resolution will increase their salaries by $5,300, $4,100 and $3,650, respectively. The current salaries for those positions are $53,324.96 (communications director), $40,104.06 (station manager) and $36,407.07 (senior video producer).
Again the employee’s… not just the police officers are left out in the cold on this one. Well, other than one police officer. The salary study is good for certain folks right now not for all right now. Evidently it is a select few not all inclusive as things should be. There are a lot of promises made by officials of the City of Douglasville just read Rider v. Womack et.al. Douglas County Superior court. They don’t have to enforce promises made they have sovereign immunity.
Until the citizens take a stand for these folks and right the wrongs it will continue on. To the folks who receive the raises tonight take the money and run.
