Four Of Five Of Oconee County Commissioners To Get Salary Increases In January

The Oconee County Board of Commissioners tonight is scheduled to continuing its discussion of how to spend the 3 percent set aside in the current Fiscal Year 2016 county budget for salary increases for county employees.

The Board will not be discussing the salaries of its members.

The budget the commissioners approved on June 2 includes a 2.0 percent increase in the salary of Commission Chairman Melvin Davis, a 2.6 percent increase in the salary of Commissioner William E. “Bubber” Wilkes, and a 1 percent increase in the salaries of Commissioners Jim Luke and Mark Saxon.

Commissioner John Daniell has refused to take an increase in his salary, which stands at the same level it did in Fiscal Year 2012 and is actually less than he was paid the year before. Daniell took a voluntary cut of 10 percent in his salary in Fiscal Year 2012.

Starting on Jan. 1 of 2016, Davis will have an annual salary of $103,095, Wilkes will be paid $26,775, Luke will receive $23,562, Saxon will have a salary of $21,420, and Daniell will be paid $17,008.

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Pictured: Commissioner John Daniell