The Albany News (Albany, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1992 Page: 1 of 36
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THURSDAY. MAY 7,' 1992. ALBANY, TEXAS 76430
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By MdtindaL. Luca>-
An extremely low voter turnout
in Albany was contrasted by uri
USM") interest it* <)(' iu« f,;i ,;>■
seats on the Moran school Ward
during local elections held last
Saturday, May ,2.
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the five separate elections decided
over the weekend.
' Other inV'., ml.x nt, jrnd new-
comers were elected in'
OownU'iVrii ».< ah*! rcliji ivi y un;';,t'->
tended balloting to the Albany and
Morai. ei'y councils, the Albany ,
school board and the Shackelford
County Hospital District board of
directors.
Moran School Results
Six newly elected directors will
be takingtbeir places on the Moran
ISD board of trustees after the so
ealli. d "unified team" was defeated:
by t heir opponents across the board
last.Saturday.
A tota 1 of 267 ballots were cast
in the highly publicised race for
two full three -yea r terms and four
unexpired positions on the MISI)
board h-.U rest in th'eeir eiiOn was ;
incited by n cent controversy in
the school systenriand a subsequent
TEA investigation;
Juhe.Cottle and Doug Newcomb
Jr were elected to the three-year
term; wi fir A1vk;< Parr .-.h and
Harry Prince received the nod from
voters for the 'two /ear kp.ns;
Kevin Trainham and Jackie Mar
tin will serve for one year each.
: Con i-h u rcs'j !I.F, canvassed
and* o» ed duringaMay 4 school'
board meeting, are as follows-
Three year terms—Julie Cottle
: 172, Doug Newcomb Jr. 129,
Gayloii John son 122, Wade Roberts
96
Two-year- term? — Ai vice
Panish 186. Harry Prince 3 38,
Lorea Kays 115,Ronald Harris 72.
One year terms Kevin
Train horn 172, Jackie Martin 136,
Jack Clack 115, Sammy Simmons
93,
Other Resul ts ...
In what, was probably the-low-
est voter turnout ih many years,
three Albarty city councifmen were
. . .. ; ft
e'.cited to the A1SL board n last
Saturday's balloting.
■ Slightly ove 20 voters recorcvc
their decisions in an uncontro
versial and uncontested race for
the three seats on the Albany city
coipcil Unofficial results .-show
incumbents Al Meredith and
Danny Neff with 21 and 20 votes
respectively, and Bob Davis with
17
In the school bbard race, .Herb
Hawking Jr. was elected for a full
th ree-year term to his Place 5 Seat
with 51 votes. Hawkins won the
unexpir«4term against three other
candidate* m 1991. " '
Prissy Hprvick ir. Place 6 drew
29 votes, and Betsy Parsons hi
I'-ace V hfad32of .Hr :.: ,34-voh s <,,••• •
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The A1SD bai.oting was can
vassed and approved during a
Tuesday night board meeting,
year terms orv ifnos;;■'u' bvaia '
was uncontested the county-wjde
bon I. < M3sl, h,. g fci c t
to:J 7»i vO'U a<. " ic -
ever, only 30 Albany voters turned,
'out, compared to -127 in Mo ran
fi utn t). k H astings bo> and IU from
U't !'; > t ? i,'./
; XfK;ViriiH'r:ts :/rthe hospital race
incifa-ik a L.-'S.' Key' a
(Tarence Waller with 371 andBillie
TayS'.i recorded 162 votes
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benefited somewhfc. from the
school board turnou; but never
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Saving the earth,..
N^nc y Smith tlementdry students sort through glass, paper and aluminum c ans brought to the sc hooi
this week during a st I u>< ji wide recyt ling contest sponsored by the giftedand talented program. After
the F riday deadline, the material will be weighed and winners of the collection competition will be
named. The items colle< ted in the process will then be taken to recycling ( enters. (Staff Photo]
By Ucaiiie A. Lucas - ■
: The Albany school board met in
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discuss purchasing another n« w
f The board was also given a report
'/it the status 'Milling -e vera I stafr
position?,for the 1992-93: school
.year
Only 34 voters went to the polls
on Saturday, May 2, to voie in iite
school's trustee election. All three
mcumi.v. ii- ..... unopposed on the
ballot Herb Hawkins received ,3.1
votes to be re elected to his Place 5
seat on the board, along with
Priscilla Harvick with 29 votes for
Place 6 and Beu>y .Pu« ..ui;r wit): '.Vl
for Place 7.
The board voted to advertise for
bids for the lease purchase of an
other new school i>afc The,district
purchased a 66-passenger Blue
Biid in February, (>ut ha l.< n
discussingthepurchase of another;
l necost of I he second bu which
' is being bid out as a 72-passenger,
is expected to be approximately
$46,000.
The board had discussed pur
chasing a bus through the state s
buying pool, but would have had to
settle for a 53rpafcsenger bus with
an International diesel engim
rather than the Cummins engine
that is included in the bid specifi
cations
: ftf.yij'iprutiiiri\':on
. in. ttie.decision s the estimated
delivery date A bus through the
■ siaii poo h' .be dtrvs'i-iii
a, i-•: Thxf-mr^,. v,Lueihe?ii!ue h.. d
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to the beg. i . i of the school y«ar-
Tht hi U:i,,a\ i: : en gj t * c» s re
a50,000mileorfhc year w#rranty,'
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:yeur • ,
Superintendent Bonnie Kiocaid
rcfp.orted. to tht bc,.rd tl)at}.':.i;bn'<
toireco m mend that Me h ti. ers
be hired to fill the girls .■, >all
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ismon, > f) cl ud i ng t wq app hcsttiisins'
from within the district s staff
. A iAUr ijf .*<*;■ ;sp-plie<ii';6t'.;- i; <*ve-
•beer).'. submitted tVr th e. .boy s baa-
ketbai I position and 18 for th eg) r is
..basketball and track coaching po-
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distribution set
Vtee food commodities will be:
distnbi.' t d tr. eligible Sha< K; (ford
■ County families in Albany and
Moraxi oil TuthdayvMay' 12.
According w county officials,the
food distribution v. U I. begin as soon
tli< • : / - I" 1 I. .. i.
wood, noriHali, Ground 11:00 a rr.
Nothing will be distributed until
all commodities have arrived
Items to be given away, will in-
clude tomatoes, Orange juice, but-
ter, canned pork, flourti.d raisins
Volunteers will be needed to help
With the distribui m of com modi
ties, stated Shackelford County
Judge Marie Smith
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Hit omt- 11 (juiremi ntb bast d or, i ht
number of dependents in order to
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raiional origin
County salary policies examined by consultant
By Mclinda 1^. Lucas
Shackelford County elected of-
ficials and a number of county
employees met with Martin
Rosenthal of the Federal Wageand
Labor Law institute during a
spociiil meeting Monday morning,
May 4
Rosenthal represents a private
consulting firm hired by county
officials to help answer ongoing
questions concerning salary pro-
cedures, and make sure the county
is in compliance with current la-
bor laws.
Tin < fiiisultiiiit planned to spend
the (lay, and perhaps part of
Tuesday in the local courthouse,
then prepare a detailed report with
suggestions and recommendations.
He will be paid a fee of $1,000
for his services, according to
County Judge Marie Smith.
Questions that were addressed
during Monday's meeting, which
lasted from 9:00 a.m. until mid-
afternoon, include the following.
The issues are accompanied by
various observations and prelimi
nary recommendations.
• The local practice of paying
sheriffs office employees and law
enforcement' officers h a I f t i m e
wager for overtime hours:
MUM ly
ries are paid rather than hourly
up
Rosenthal stated that this prac-
is legal and applies only to the
public sector when mont
sala-
wages. The practice cannot be
combined with compensatory, or
"coirip" time given to the same
employees..
In answer to a question of
whether he would work for $2.80 a
hotir, Ro- enthal replied that "we
are not addressing fairness and
equality here, but what is legal in
the eyes of the law."
Jail Administrator Beverly
Anderson noted that "a lot of jail
ers and dispatchers become very
discouraged and quit It costs the
county a Jot for retraining new
people and getting them certified
The turnover is unbelievable."
When Rosenthal asked her for
possible solutions, Anderson re
plied that sheriffs office employ
ees should be paid, "straight time
for time worked"
The cohsultant'commented that
the county is apparently in finan
cial straits, and "if they had the
money, I assume they would do
that."
% The practice of giving com
pensatory, or "comp" time at time
and-a-halftoall countyem ploy ees
other than law enforcement or corr
rections officers
She rift Ben .1 Riley lobsei ved
that, his employees would "like to
have comp time instead of over-
time," but it is unrealistic in light
of limited personnel .
Other county employees r arely
work overtime houii-., ami when
they do are not paid QVei time, but
ft.«i. one .jmi a- Iiall »lines the
overtime hours in time off", or comp
time.
Rosenthal agreed that this
practice is legal, as long as the
sheriffs office was considered
. parately from other county sala-
ried employees.
County Clerk Frances Wheeler
pointed out that "some employees
here in the courthouse work more
than 40 hours and never putin for
comp time "
• The use Of a 28-day period
rather than seven days on which
to base salary computations:
Presently, oyertime hours an
turned in on a weekly basis, but
hourly Wage.s for overtime have
been calculated on a monthly ha
sis, according to County Trei surer
Joy Orun.
Rosenthal refigured hourly
wages based on the seven-day pC
riod, and discovered that the half
time wages currently being paid
are slightly higher than they
should be, he jailers are being
paid $2.82 per hour for overtime
whe-n it should be $2.61 per hbur.
He suggested that the county
coiihidf r changing to a 28 day pay
peripd. Law enforcement and cor
reel ions officers would have to work
a minimum of 1,71 hours in a 28
day period before claiming over
time rather than 43 hours hi a
seven-day period as is how prai
ticed. Also, he said, (he calcula
tions hy ovi 11ime would drop ,i
few cents lower.
* Alleged overtime abuses be
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Judge Smith stated that some
sheriffs office employees paid by a
monthly salarv claim overtime
hours one week, then may work
lest than 40 hours the next, receiv
ing overtime pay for the first week
and regular salarv for I he second
week, even though they may not
work the required 40 hours.
Riley responded that he didn't lie
lieve this to be a deliberate decaf)
tion, and in a recent case of noted
abuse, an employee was fired for
that practice and other problems
It was also noted that in the
case or .loputies who work six
straight days, then are scheduled
for three day* off, the hours off
may all fall within one single week
and be reflected on the time sheets
Rosenthal stated that the 28
from recording all hours worked,
hut th. /havi done so oh I heir own
in response to a'request from the
comimbbioneib'to "keep overtime
down."
Rosenthal agreed that tl»it. was
"common practice" among law
enforcement officers statewide,but
recommended that the deputies
keepan at curate account andturii
in all hours. "The failure to pay all
ove i time hours could be a liability
to the county il the labor board
wen to invest igale "
• Unpaid- stand by hours for
deputii sand limited response tune
required of those answering 911
calls and how it relates to deputies
on stand by:
Rosenthal questioned deputies
David Walker and Raleigh
Breeden concerning the hours
when they are oh "stand by ," and
attempted to determine how rt
.striclt d they were during that
time
If. stated thai this would in t d
further investigation; jf the "on-
vall' lime was very ristrictiv. in
hafurt the t.ffin rs would n<«d to
I., paid for that tnn( in order for
th. i ..unty n. t to fa< < a "liability
(See County, pg. 6-A)
the county a lot more control over
day rtcording period would *giv«;
ity alat ■
this problem."
• The practice followed by local
deputies of failing to write down
all hours worked in order to cut
overtime expenses:
Riley stated that he has not
instructed his deputies to refrain
INSIDE
McCoy to compete in state academic meet
See story, py, 3*A
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Golf team takes first regional title in 20 years
See story, pg, 3*8
Seven athletes qualify for state track meet
See story, pg. I 8
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