MT. VERNON — — The Jefferson County Board approved salary raises for the county coroner and circuit clerk during its April fiscal meeting.
The circuit clerk asked for a raise that was in tandem with the county clerk and treasurer.
The raise will be $52,000, up from $50,000 that is the current salary.
The coroner will also be receiving a raise of $34,000 up from $26,000, which is somewhere in the median range of coroner salaries in surrounding counties.
Both of these raises will reflect the loss of a health insurance stipend in the amount of $2,400 that is being removed for a different insurance program.
Dan Knox, Jefferson County Treasurer, reported the general corporate working cash fund is just over $1 million as of today. He added that all outstanding checks are voided or have been accounted for. The checks have to be kept for seven years before they can be claimed as abandoned in case a business comes to the county for any monies, he explained.
He said the county received money owed to them by the state today from November 2011, which helped boost the amount in the general corporate working cash fund.
White said some monies for the participation in processing the payroll for probation officers of the Second Judicial Circuit have been received, which means the board will not have to turn responsibility back over to Franklin County.
“We do have somewhat of an obligation to this process, but not a total obligation,” White said. “This county will not, will not, go into arrears because of this.”
The board also voted to approve a $30 hike for higher internet speeds through Charter Communications. White said until Clearwave Communications can set up internet for the county, they will have to use Charter internet at higher speeds because of the large amount of employees who use it for work.
The board also voted to raise the death certificate fee by $2 because of a state increase. full story
