The Camden County Commissioners are forcing the hourly employees to take a day off without pay. The have issued a written statement to the employees today that reads, "With the Thanksgiving holiday rapidly approaching, people are making plans to visit family and friends. The courthouse will be closed this Friday after Thanksgiving, however due to the drop in the economy; this will be counted as a day without pay. Employees will not be able to use vacation, sick or personal days to cover this. We are sorry for this inconvenience. The Camden County Commission". This is completely uncalled for since the Commissioners already told the other elected officials that the budget for this year had be cut sufficiently. All of this while the Commissioners continue to take fuel reimbursement checks for driving to and from work, which Presiding Commissioner, Carolyn Loraine stated they would discontinue due to the budget situation. Loraine is also responsible for a lawsuit by Camden Co. that has drained the County in excess of $300,000.00 dollars over some "sunshine laws" involving James Dickerson and the Council of Local Government. A complete waste of Camden Co. tax payers money. The attorney hired to handle the matter is from St. Louis, where the Loraines are originally from, so this comes as a VERY high price tag to Camden Co. There needs to be an investigation into the spend by the commissioners of Camden County. Sticking it to your hourly employees is NOT the answer, especially when the tax revenues for this year have gone back up.
Camden Co Commission Forces Day w/o Pay
by flynbynite (Subscribe)
Posted on: Oct 23, 2009 at 2:27 PM CDT
Channel: Local News
Location: Camdenton Missouri
I do believe that that is true. The fees for that attorney is at or around $300,000. Smells kinda fishy to me. Cutting pay is very wrong. The county has $3 mill in reserve, but that is for emerg. only. Taking from the employee is an emerg.
Yep, the bill is at or around $300,000.00. Smells rather fishy to me. Taking pay is very wrong with a reserve of over 3mill. Oh I forgot, that is for emerg. only. Commissioners are being very cruel indeed. Also, sign the petit. for an audit.
The petition to acquire a State Audit of Camden County may be picked up at The Motor Hut in Camdenton, MO. We need to know where our tax dollars are going and why the Commissioners say we are broke with over 3 mill in our reserves. Show us the $$$$
OK, this is my last comment. For more information on what's going on in Camden County, please log onto www.lakechatter.com The tax payers are speaking out....finally.
Sounds like we should look at all the powers that be in County government. I would bet there is ample blame to go around in many of the county departments. Hire some outside the county investigators and see what surfaces. We might be surprised.
Concerned Citizen says ...
on Monday, Oct 26 at 1:18 PM
Lots more stuff that the citizens don't know...what about the rumor that the attorney representing Camden County used to be a partner in a firm with Mrs. Lorraine's husband....is this true? Or is it merely a rumor? Cutting employees pay is wrong!