[Goldwingnut]

Originally Posted by BobnBev

Is it true that Bradley Arnold, the head of the Sumter County Commissioners gets a $30,000 a year raise? Asking for a friend.

Mr Arnold is not on the Sumter County Commission, he is the County Administrator, his job is to execute the policies and instructions of the Board of County Commissioner and is the overall manager for the day-to-day operations of the county staff. He wears a great many hats and has tremendous responsibilities here in Sumter County. Mr Arnold has a great deal of experience in public administration and opinions on how things should be administered in the county and frequency shares his insights and opinions with board members, however, these he puts aside once direction is provided by the BOCC. While I can only speak for myself and not the other board members, I can tell you that I don’t always agree with Mr Arnold and we have frequent discussions on county policy and direction where we are at odds. In the end, regardless of his own opinions, Mr Arnold has always carried out the direction given by the BOCC.

There are some in Sumter County that don’t like Mr Arnold, it’s been my experience as a BOCC member and observer in the audience for the last few years at meetings, that this is due to Mr Arnold responding to their comments and opinions with facts, facts that they don’t like because it show their opinions or ideas to be in the wrong or misinformed.

Mr. Arnold’s annual salary, just like many other positions in the county administration and the BOCC’s salary are dictated by state statues and any annual pay rises are tied to the CPI, these salaries are all a matter of public record. His pay raise for the upcoming year is $0.00.

You “friend” appears to be an ill informed fear monger and pot stirrer looking to kick up controversy where none exist. As the expression goes, better to be thorough an idiot than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt. Your “friend” has removed all doubt, just saying…