Lawrence County Council Cancels Meeting on Salaries Tuesday - Regular Meeting Still Scheduled

LAWRENCE COUNTY - SEPTEMBER 26, 2022 - The Lawrence County Council has cancelled its meeting 6:00 p.m. that was scheduled to discuss salaries for employees and elected leaders.

Lawrence County Council discuss salaries for employees and elected leaders last week.

This would have been the third meeting scheduled by the Lawrence County Council to discuss the issue. A 3 -3 vote last week, killed the motion by Lawrence County Council member Jeff Lyton and seconded by Julie Heweston to give both employees and elected leaders a 3 % raise. Julie Chase voted in favor of the motion.

However, Lawrence County President Scott Smith, Rick Butterfield, and Mike Wright voting against the raises. Janie "Craig" Chenault was attending a meeting in California and did not attend the last meeting when the vote was taken.

The regular scheduled Lawrence County Council meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m.

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