TYLER, Texas — Alleged payroll discrepancies and irregular hours sparked tense exchanges between Smith County Commissioner Terry Phillips and officials at this week's commissioners court meeting.
“[The Justice of the Peace Precinct 4] office regularly closes at noon on Friday…I was informed this practice of closing early on Friday has been going on for a couple of years,” Phillips said during court Tuesday. “I requested time sheets for each employee from the auditor’s office and was disturbed to find the employees were reporting a full 40-hour work week.”
Phillips called the discrepancies a serious misuse of taxpayer dollars, pointing out that four employees were getting paid for four hours they weren’t actually working, costing thousands in one JP office.
Read more from the Tyler Morning Telegraph here.
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