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  County Council votes to extend $10k bonus to Clerk to Council web posted March 11, 2010 COUNTY – The Edgefield County Council emerged from an executive session Wednesday night with County Council Chairman Monroe Kneece asking Councilman Rodney Ashcraft to explain a discussion held regarding Clerk to Council Barbara Stark, who acted as interim administrator for nearly five months after the resignation of former county administrator John Pettigrew. In the end, the county council voted to award Ms. Stark with a bonus of $10,000 for her service during that time period. County Council Chairman Monroe Kneece instructed Councilman Ashcraft to present the motion on the additional pay. “Ms. Stark acted as county administrator. She did a very good job, she spent a lot of extra hours after the close of business and in the evenings,” Ashcraft said, over the five month period. In appreciation of her efforts, Councilman Ashcraft, who was surprised by Chairman Kneece’s direction that he make the motion to recognize that effort by offering a compensation of a one time additional payment of $10,000 to her salary, made the motion to support the payment which passed without opposition. Where the funds to pay Clerk to Council Stark were to come from was not mentioned in the meeting. It is assumed that the two possible allocations would be from the funds allocated to the county administrator that were unused over the period or the county council contingency fund. A question of how the county can supplement Ms. Starks pay beyond her current salary for her position remains unanswered. According to a cursory reading of South Carolina State Law, “No member of the governing body of any county shall vote for an extra allowance to any person who is paid by salary, nor shall the treasurer of any county knowingly pay to any such person any extra allowance. (SC Code 4-11-170) “Extra allowance to salaried officers forbidden”. At this time it is unclear if the county council’s appointment of Clerk to Council Barbara Stark as Interim County Administrator excuses her from the restrictions covering her position during that time period. © Copyright 2010
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