Chiefland Vice Mayor Teresa Barron wants everyone to know that she is not against the Chiefland Police Department.
She said this after being the lone dissenter on Jan. 14 against a motion to increase the minimum starting salary for new CPD officers.
CPD Chief Robert Douglas said he knows she is for the police officers, because she brought them delicious mullet dip as part of a Christmas meal.
At the meeting on Jan. 14, Douglas asked for officers Matt Hooper's and Al Horne's annual salaries to be increased to $27,993.54.
The starting salary was $26,409 before the action that Monday night, according to records.
City Attorney Norm Fugate said the City Commission could revise its starting salary for new police officers, but he advised against giving particular existing officers any change in pay unless it is through the collective bargaining unit method approved by the Police Benevolent Association.
"Once officers have started a union," Fugate said, "you have to dance the dance."
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