Walton County and City Law Enforcement

[graytonbeachguy]

Even more shocking is.....

The link in the original post indicates turnover in the DeFuniak Springs Police Department in 2006 was an astonishing 44%.

When is this doubling of the budget (supposedly for officers' salaries) actually going to yield results?

Dade County has less than a 5% turnover and Okaloosa is around 7%.

Is this the kind of leadership we really need?

 

[wrobert]

I had the same reaction when this guy told me that but he assured me it was correct. I have no clue and guess I won't get a clue as those who know don't want to share. Ya know....it's one of those things that should be accessible to the public since SUPPOSEDLY, government works for the people. Yea, they work for us but we can't know how much we pay them.

All you have to do is call City Hall and ask. Several of the salaries are discussed in the local paper every year when they workshop raises.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

I attended the workshop Tuesday night and will have a write up on it in next weeks edition, as well.

 

[graytonbeachguy]

The Walton Sun indicates DeFuniak Springs employees are getting 7% raises this year. In these hard times, it must be nice to have a government job like that.

Does this dramatic new increase include the DeFuniak Springs Police Department?

 

[Alicia Leonard]

The Walton Sun indicates DeFuniak Springs employees are getting 7% raises this year. In these hard times, it must be nice to have a government job like that.

Does this dramatic new increase include the DeFuniak Springs Police Department?

The budget has not been set, nor will everyone receive the same amount is my understanding. Cost of living increase is set at 4%, anything over is bonus incentive linked to performance. The budget has not even been through it's public hearings yet, so, I say let's wait until the first public hearing is over, before we know all the facts and amounts.

 

[Andy A]

The budget has not been set, nor will everyone receive the same amount is my understanding. Cost of living increase is set at 4%, anything over is bonus incentive linked to preformance. The budget has not even been through it's public hearings yet, so, I say let's wait until the first public hearing is over, before we know all the facts and amounts.

Probably a really good idea since government employees(except members of Congress) receive raises based on the whims and foibles of their governing elected officials as a rule. Please remember they are entitled to a living wage, too, and many of them deserve it as much or more so than other budget increases that are proposed by special interest groups and others.

 

[idlewind]

Probably a really good idea since government employees(except members of Congress) receive raises based on the whims and foibles of their governing elected officials as a rule. Please remember they are entitled to a living wage, too, and many of them deserve it as much or more so than other budget increases that are proposed by special interest groups and others.

From what I read they are going into reserves about one million to pay for this. If this is true, Thank you Walton County Commissioners for not doing something so reckless with our money.

 

[Andy A]

From what I read they are going into reserves about one million to pay for this. If this is true, Thank you Walton County Commissioners for not doing something so reckless with our money.

And I guess I can correctly assume you are NOT a government employee and could care less about their standard of living as long as you taxes aren't increased. lol.

 

[idlewind]

And I guess I can correctly assume you are NOT a government employee and could care less about their standard of living as long as you taxes aren't increased. lol.

What good does it do to give huge raises if you are using reserves or borrowing to do it? It is terrible business. Would you give your employees a big raise if it meant going into your cash reserves? I certainly would not. Maybe cutting out some luxury items or only fund faises for the low end employees would be acceptable as long as the budget is balanced.

 

[graytonbeachguy]

Hear, hear, Idlewild. As a member of the NON-governmental economy, I have had to tighten my belt in these lean economic times. The county's largesse seem particularly ill-timed.