City boosts pay now that job is vacant

When his administrative assistant resigned unexpectedly and left the job the same day on June 17, Marianna Police Chief   Hayes Baggett started the process of trying to find a replacement.
In the process, he found that the job description needed an update, and a pay upgrade to more accurately reflect the duties.
The next person who takes the job will start out at a base pay of about $2,000 a year more than the job would have paid without the upgrade. The new pay scale was approved by the Marianna City Commission this week.
The position now pays $22,101 to start, compared to the old rate of $19,094. The upgrade puts pay for this job at the same level as the administrative assistant’s job in the city’s public works department.
The job was first advertised in house, and ads are now running for the wider community.
Baggett said everyone in his department is chipping in to help while the search is under way.
“I’ve got some great help at the MPD,” Baggett said. “Everybody is helping keep the day-to-day business going smoothly, and we haven’t missed a beat.”