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Harrisburg Township: ~ 96% of general assistance is wages to township employees

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Harrisburg Township building | Edgar County Watchdogs

Harrisburg Township building | Edgar County Watchdogs

The latest example of a township government grossly abusing the taxpayers comes to you from Harrisburg Township.

With the hiring of friends and relatives, the Township Supervisor thinks he needs assistance in the general assistance department, which he is permitted to hire, to dole out a mere $200 – $400 in general assistance payments each month.

The general assistance goes to administration and wages – approximately $96% of the expenditures out of the general assistance account goes towards wages to manage the program.

There are four General Assistance employees: an administrator, two clerks (husband and wife), and a bookkeeper. The Township Supervisor is in charge of township general assistance.

Each month, the “administrator” is paid $2408.00, the “bookkeeper” is paid $415.00, the “clerks” are paid $992.00 and $769.00 each, and most months there are only two to four $100.00 checks for general assistance.

Jan 2022 – $3815 in salary and $200 in assistance

Feb 2022 – $4584 salary and $200 in assistance

Mar 2022 – $4584 salary and $200 in assistance

Apr 2022 – $4584 salary and $200 assistance

May 2022 – $4584 salary and $200 assistance

June 2022 – $4584 salary and $200 assistance

July 2022 – $4584 salary and $200 assistance

Aug 2022 – $4584 salary and $300 assistance

Sep 2022 – $4584 salary and $413.33 assistance

We presume similar checks were written from Oct-Dec of 2022 and will update when those records are provided.

This story was originally published by Edgar County Watchdogs. Read the original HERE.

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