(Mostly this all has to do with Commissioner
Vice Chairman R. Larry Smith who likes to target the lone traveling female on
the commission because – according to some – he’s vindictive and she nominated
someone else for the board chairmanship, but I digress.)
Anyhoo, figured I’d get in on this. The reality is, people
freakin’ travel and you’re going to pick up the tab. It’s typically for
continuing education. And yeah, every now and then you get someone who wants to
be a little sneaky, maybe play a round to two on the links. Go to the bar. Go
to wherever.
Heh.
Whatever.
So, click right smack here for a list of more than 30
departments and how much they spent on travel and education in fiscal year 2011
through FY 2013, and so far this current fiscal year, which started July 1.
Note, that these are just the raw numbers, and the expenses
include all sorts of stuff, like certification fees, etc. (Also, it’s actually
travel AND education.)
Again, feel free to browse; I’m not breaking it down for ya.
Other than to say that overall costs have dropped each of
the past four years, and the public defender’s office still continues to hold
the top spot.
It also looks like (currently) the folks over in circuit
court, the county clerk’s office, and the criminal court judges are keeping it
real at ZERO. (That’s just so far this year. I’m sure they’ll drop some coin
later. Heh.)
The property assessor is up there at almost $11,000 along
with the attorney general ($9,000); Planning & Development ($9,000);
Purchasing ($6,700); County Mayor ($6,650), Juvenile Court Judges ($6,500) and
. . . I gave you way too much.
Again, click right smack here.
And remember, the Knox County Commission approved these budgets. Without asking questions.
Heh.
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