All part-time and full-time county employees on the payroll should have received their ten-percent pay raise. If an employee has not noticed the salary increase on their paycheck, they need to report it to the county administrator.
The topic was brought to the table during Monday’s Yazoo County Board of Supervisors meeting when Supervisor David Peyton wanted to make sure he had his information correct.
“When the supervisors approved the ten-percent raise, I assumed it was across the board,” Peyton said. “I learned that some people did not get it, so I just wanted to learn more. I am still learning as a new supervisor, and I do not like getting questions that I don’t have the answers to.”
County Administrator Donna Kraft said every county employee on the payroll, including part-time and full-time, should have received the ten-percent pay raise.
“If we overlooked somebody, they need to let us know because we are not perfect,” she said. “But even part-time employees should have received the ten-percent.”
Kraft said there was an incident with an employee at the Yazoo County Regional Correctional Facility who was considered an “accounts payable” employee, not included on the county payroll.
“She does not pay the social security taxes or deductions out of her check,” Kraft said. “She gets a straight check. But I talked with Jerry Williams (jail consultant), and we did go ahead and do that. She is the only one that I was aware of.”
The employee at the local jail was Marilyn C. Hathorne, the facility’s Programs/Accreditation Manager. The county board approved her pay raise during an earlier board meeting. Her salary was originally $20 an hour, with a 25-hour weekly workload. The raise brought her salary up to $22 an hour, increasing her monthly salary by $200 to a total of $2,200.
The pay scale of bailiffs was also discussed. But bailiffs did not see the ten-percent increase because their salaries are set by Judge Jannie M. Lewis-Blackmon.
“And I believe it was a few years ago when the judge sent the order that increased their pay,” Kraft added. “But they did not get the (ten percent raise) because their pay comes through a judge order. Their pay is set by the judge.”
