GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – Greenville County Council members clashed during a budget meeting as they debated how to allocate tax dollars for law enforcement and county employee raises.
The council approved the second reading of their budget, which includes a four percent raise for all county employees. The raise adds $2.5 million above what was already in the budget, according to the county.
The most contentious debate centered on funding for the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Hobart Lewis has warned for weeks that deputies are leaving for better-paying jobs in other counties and wants pay raises to address the issue…