Matagorda County Commissioners haggled over a pair of pay increases being proposed during Monday’s ZOOM meeting of Commissioner’s Court.
Commissioners approved a pay increase for a Precinct 3 foreman but turned down pay increases for clerks in Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace’s office.
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