Only after public outcry, a lawsuit and a statement from the county prosecutor calling their actions illegal, did the county commissioners agree to return all of the funds
Six top-level officials, including Board of Commissioners Chairman Jeremy Root and Sheriff Brian BeGole received $25,000 each last week. Other elected and appointed officials received $10,000 or $12,500 payments. Four other commissioners received $5,000 each.
“Some of us believed we were voting to give about $2,148 to county employees,” Commissioner Marlene Webster said in a. According to the suit, despite the officials’ hefty paydays, other county employees received an average of only $2,148 in ARP funds.
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