Aiken County adopts retroactive holiday pay with ambulance exception
The Aiken County Board of Commissioners approved a retroactive holiday pay ordinance for county employees working on holidays starting Nov 28 1974. Ambulance Service staff will receive 1.5x pay instead of time off. Some audience members protested calling for equal treatment and nonretroactivity. The retroactive clause was upheld by County Attorney William G. Lynn Jr. The meeting also approved a raise for Roads & Bridges foreman George Buck Wooten, new subdivision road work at Foxchase and Chukker Creek, and budget amendments including a three-bid requirement on invoices 500 and over and funding changes for the Refuse department and a hospital task force. Hammond Burckhalter was reappointed to the Lower Savannah Regional Planning & Development Council.
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Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Aiken County Ambulance Service
Wade Brodie
William G. Lynn Jr
Roads & Bridges
George
Buck) Wooten
Ralph F. Cullinan
Cleve Edmunds
Cullinan
Charles W. Prosser
Forest Kirby
L.V. Davis
Lucas Ray
Graybeal
Foxchase
Chukker Creek
Thomas F. Williams
Williams
Thomas Biddle
Roads & Bridges Department
Department of Refuse Collection
Hammond Burckhalter
Lower Savannah
Mid Wife Program Proposed for Aiken County
Nurse midwives would provide total health care for indigent maternity patients and deliver at Aiken County Hospital. The plan awaits discussion with Hospital Corporation of America about a new hospital. County officials, doctors, and Mrs Holley push for midwife coordination across the county.
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Aiken County Hospital
Forest L. Kirby
Holley
Hospital Corporation of America
HCA
Snabinet
Aiken County
County Health Department
State Department of Health & Environmental Control
Kenneth Owens
County Eyes Private Trash Collection Plan
Dr Wyman presented a study plan to county officials to allow private firms to collect trash across the county while the landfill remains county controlled. Commission members endorsed a formal proposal outline and study, driven by past overflow complaints and private collection proposals. The board also approved adding a court stenographer to the Probate Court to assist with extended Mental Health Commitment Act hearings.
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Harold V. Graybeal
Williams
Tyler
L. V. Davis
Lucas Ray
Carl M. Hair
Appeal Denied Yet Filed To Seek Supreme Court Review
Aiken County faces a potential six to nine month wait if the appeal is formally filed within 30 days. Harold V. Graybeal opposed the move, praising the new hospital as a tax saving, employment creator, and a vast county improvement. Construction is ahead of schedule with completion slated for late this year.
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State Supreme Court
Aiken
Aiken County Board of Commissioners
Harold V. Graybeal
HCA
Aiken County
Ralph F. Cullinan
Cleve Edmunds
Lucas Ray
L.V. Davis
Charles Prosser
Forest L. Kirby
Bud Dokes
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