Columbia County Budget Ready for a Vote

The Columbia County Quorum Court Finance Committee met Monday; they voted to recommend to the full Quorum Court a 10 percent increase in slot adjustment salaries for Columbia County deputies and the jail administrator. This will involve 17 employees. The Finance Committee will also recommend moving the assessor’s office to a county-owned building at the rear of the Annex Building. Assessor Sandra Cawyer volunteered to move her office into the downstairs part of that building. The three-year project of scanning county records would take place upstairs. Circuit Clerk Phyllis Disotell suggested that she, Cawyer, and JP Marjie Blair serve on a committee to oversee the scanning project. The Quorum Court is scheduled to meet at 5 p.m. Monday.