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Show I - Auditor's request results in commission feud accused the auditor of "badgering" the commission. "If we approve this, she will want something else." Kennington disagreed. She explained ex-plained that the individual currently doing the job of chief deputy is overloaded and is not being compensated com-pensated as a chief deputy would. The individual is not paid overtime, but given "comp" time instead, and in the past two weeks had accumulated ac-cumulated 60 hours of comp time. Kennington asked Stevenson, 4 'How could you believe that a person per-son would continue to take that kind of duty without compensation? Why build a wall? The problems have nothing to do with people, but ' with systems." ft CONTINUED ON PG. 2 By JUDY JENSEN Editor The county auditor's request for a chief deputy in her department was discussed in Davis County in a heated debate by County Commissioners Commis-sioners at commission meeting last week and resulted in a denial of the request. Of five requested personnel actions, ac-tions, all were approved but the request re-quest by the auditor's office for a chief deputy. Commissioner Dub Lawrence urged his constituents to approve the request. "I request that we allow the auditor to structure her office of-fice as she has indicated, and stop trying to block the auditor from functioning as she should," he said. Stevenson answered, "I'm not going to have this kind of nonsense through 1990. We all heard, 'Let's get an auditor back in the auditor's office.' We never heard mention of chief deputy until after we acquiesced acqui-esced and approved and agreed to restore an auditor. The red herring and the smoke screen that she can't function without a chief deputy." He added that the job was already being done without the designation of the title and that the title had nothing to do with the ability to perform per-form the job. "It's like giving in to a child. Give it one toy and then it wants another toy," said Stevenson. He Auditor's request results in in county commission feud CONTINUED FROM PG. 1 To which Peters remarked, "I see a move in this that is shrill, sterile and unconvincing." Indicating that the problem with the auditor's request had a deeper root, Lawrence stated that he had heard Stevenson tell Kennington if she would agree to resign as county auditor, they would approve a CPA for her office. During the debate, Peters threatened to call 'point of order" on Lawrence and Kennington; however, he made no motion to silence Assistant County Attorney Gerald Hess when he shouted, 'Balderdash to Lawrence's charge. A motion was made to deny the request and approved by Peters and Stevenson. Lawrence voted "no" on the denial. |
