COVINGTON — Newton County Attorney Megan Martin is disputing a claim that two local elected officials are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back wages by the county.
Local attorney Stephanie Lindsey wrote the Board of Commissioners on Sept. 17 asserting that Chairman Marcello Banes and Probate Court Judge Melanie Bell are owed more than $180,000 each due to an error in the way their compensation has been calculated since they took office in January 2017. Lindsey claims that Banes’ annual compensation should have been $144,733 in 2017, increasing to $148,519 in 2020, and that Bell’s compensation should have been $144,733 in 2017, increasing to $148,519 in 2020. Instead, according to Lindsey, Banes was paid $99,023 in 2017, which had increased to $101,003 in 2020; Bell was paid $99,023 in 2017, which had increased to $103,023 in 2020.
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