From:
French, Rick
Sent: 3/25/2021 1:11:40 PM
To:
Clements, Linda <lclements@alexandercountync.gov>
Subject:

RE: Employee Bonus


Well, several times there was discussion about some type of bonus for county employees with the COVID funds. The problem overall was the discussion was  for just a couple of departments and not all employees or all departments. The compromise was to do a COLA in this budget, which we are doing in April. This is the short version. Hope it makes sense. Call me if you want to discuss. Thanks, Rick

 

From: Clements, Linda <lclements@alexandercountync.gov>
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2021 11:40 AM
To: French, Rick <rfrench@alexandercountync.gov>
Cc: Whisnant, Leeanne <lwhisnant@alexandercountync.gov>; Dodson, Michael <mdodson@alexandercountync.gov>
Subject: Employee Bonus

 

Just a random question:

Staff asked me why many of the county businesses had the ability to provide a bonus (some companies paid more than 1 bonus, a few hundred dollars each time) to employees and the county does not have the funds to do so. The impression is that the “government” made available money for this purpose. Why would private business be able to make these distributions but county government cannot?

I didn’t have a good answer except that I know the state put many criteria on how counties could use the COVID funding. Were there business incentives available to private businesses that were not available to the county?  And is this something I should be more aware of? Obviously this is not a top priority, but if you have a good answer, that would be great. I just want to keep staff here as long as possible.

Thank you.

 

Linda Clements

Assistant Director

Alexander County Department of Social Services

604 7th St. SW

Taylorsville, NC 28681

O: 828-352-7667

F: 828-632-1359