MONTICELLO – A proposal to cut four percent from Sullivan County Government management salaries from July 1 through the end of the year was put off for two weeks following heated debate among county lawmakers on Friday.
Those opposed to a vote on the plan were concerned with what they said was a lack of communication by leadership in notifying them of the proposal that would reduce the salaries of some 87 people.
Legislator Nadia Rajsz let her colleagues know how she felt about it during a Zoom-cast meeting.
“We knew COVID existed for months. We knew we were in the crapper. We knew that things were not going to get better. We knew with the layoffs at that point in April that things were not going to get better with the state budget,” she said. “Why didn’t we get together and start talking about how can we resolve this besides taking away money from these who are working shorthanded, working twice as hard and to boot, did not know this was happening.”
Legislator Ira Steingart complained that they were provided with no financial analysis before this issue came up.
