During the monthly Weakley County Health, Education, and Economic Development meeting Election Administrator Alex Britt presented his department’s budget with the request to add a new full-time employee
Administrator Britt also proposed an increase in compensation per meeting for election commissioners that would match the compensation for county commissioners.
The arguments Mr. Britt made for the raise was the long hours election commissioners must work during elections along with monthly meetings and state mandated election audits.
The HEED committee approved the budget and amendments with a vote of 4-3. It will now move on to the Finance, Ways, and Means Committee.
