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pervisors assured Dr. Gangel that they were not opposed to the concept of purchasing land. “If a piece of land was available now, we might bite the bullet,” Mr. Massie said.
Jackson District representative Ellis Bingham said that the supervisors would be interested in the results of the school census to be conducted this spring and summer to assess the need. Then the supervisors asked Dr. Gangel to find a way to cut another $3,000 from furnishings.
The $544 cut from the school cafeteria budget allows those employees to also receive $1,000 each towards health insurance.
Only one major issue remains to be resolved in the school budget. The supervisors asked Dr. Gangel to compute what w'ould be saved if classified employees, such as secretaries, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, teachers’ aides and janitors were held to a five percent raise, as opposed to the eight percent proposed in the budget.
Most county employees are budgeted to receive five percent raises, Mr. McCarthy pointed out, and constitutional officers are scheduled to receive a 3.25 percent raise in July and another two percent in January. Dr. Gangel promised to provide the information by the end of the week.
Actually, the supervisors suggested that administrative salaries be held to five percent as well. “In industry the higher you are the lower the percentage of your increase in salary is,” Col. Bingham
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