HUNTINGDON, Tenn. — The Carroll County Finance Ways and Means Committee scrapped the 24-period semi-monthly payroll structure that they approved last month in favor of a 26-period bi-weekly schedule on Wednesday, May 6. They also added a one-time transition bonus for employees to soften the blow of the July changeover.
The reversal came after employee feedback flagged a problem nobody had fully anticipated, according to Chairman Darrell Ridgely. Under the 24-period calendar, employees would go nearly the entire month of December without a paycheck, one of the most financially demanding times of the year.
