Hawkins County Leaders Have Voted In Favor Of Increased Funding For The Sheriff’S Office As Well As Fire, Rescue, And Ems Services. The Sheriff’s Office Will Be Providing All Employees With A 5-Percent Pay Raise And All Full-Time Sheriff’S Employees Will Receive A One-Thousand Dollar Bonus As Hazard Pay. This Will Increase The Budget Deficit And Deplete Over One-Million Dollars From The One-Time Covid-19 Emergency Local Support Grant. In Other Business, Budget Committee Chairman And Acting District 5 County Commissioner, John Metz, Is Calling It Quits. Metz Submitted His Resignation Without Any Official Reason, Effective October 31St.
