Evans County Judge Ron Hallman to Commissioners "My Salary Is All I Get!"
The Evans County Commissioners met Wednesday evening for a second hearing for the FY 2018 budget.
Evans County State Court Judge Ron Hallman appeared before the Commissioners to defend his position and what his office does annually after controversy arose when he and Solicitor Bill Callaway both requested a raise. During the May 17 budget hearing, neither Hallman nor Callaway were present, but Commissioners discussed denying the raises for the part-time positions because their $40,000+ salaries already top most comparable counties and both receive $9,400 in insurance benefits. [You can read about the May 17 meeting here]
Hallman told Commissioners Wednesday that he was very angry after news outlets reported he worked 11 days a year (the number of times he appears in court each year) and he was present to clarifying “misconceptions” of what the State Court is, not argue about the budget. “I don’t think the Board has a very good understanding of that, with all due respect,” he started.
Hallman went into an explanation of the civil cases, personal injury cases, jury trials to illustrate that he works more than 11 days per year. He said his 11th day of work this year was January 24 and while he admitted those days were not full days, sometimes “30 minutes here and a half a day there,” he said he dedicates a good bit of time to the job. In 2017, he says he has worked 71 days out of 104 so far.
Read more: http://evans.allongeorgia.com/rebuttal-judge-ron-hallman-to-commissioners-my-salary-is-all-i-get/