Council rejects employee raises, signs

The Flomaton Town Council balked at a request from Mayor Dewey Bondurant Jr., to give raises to town employees and also rejected a proposal from Councilman Buster Crapps to put up signs in front of town all to limit parking to customers only.

Mayor Bondurant proposed giving raises effective March 1 that would cost the town $17,479 or about $2,500 per month. He said the raises were for all employees but one, but noted that one employee said if she accepted the raise she'd have to quit. He also noted it was not an across-the-board raise but did not say which employees or which departments would...