The Vance County Board of Commissioners has approved pay raises for the county’s finance director and county manager.
Katherine Bigelow, the county’s finance director, is seeing a $25,000 jump in her salary to $136,503, according to information from County Manager Renee Perry.
As Perry explained in an email on Monday to WIZS News, another county had offered Bigelow a job – and a “significant raise to go along with it,” Perry said.
“I felt we could keep her if we were able to eliminate the financial incentive for her (to) accept the position,” and the board agreed to the salary increase.
“Katherine brings much-needed experience to Vance County and I wanted to retain her on staff,” Perry said.
In their discussions, Perry said her $15,000 increase in pay was approved because commissioners “wanted to ensure the compensation for their manager still exceeded that of the finance director for internal equity purposes.”
Bigelow’s bump in pay also brings with it a new title: She now serves as deputy county manager/chief financial officer.
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