Julia Pierce | July 3, 2026

In a previous post written on June 19, 2026, I summarized the anomalies I found in analyzing the time punch cards provided by the County Manager’s Clerk, Heather Wright, along with the pay stubs she also provided to me.

It is imperative for me to reiterate that I am not accusing the road employees of stealing time. I have no evidence of that. What I do have evidence of is the county underpaying or overpaying our road employees based upon their own documentation provided to me by them through an open records request. It would be unwise of me to believe that every employee compares their hours worked and time paid by what they provided by their time punches. They should be able to trust that they are paid for what they worked.

On July 1, 2026, I provided the pay stubs, time punch cards, and the excel formula calculations for the appropriate time and pay that each road employee should have received for the pay period that covered March 1, 2026 through March 15, 2026.

On July 2, 2026, I provided the pay stubs, time punch cards, and the excel formula calculations for the appropriate time and pay that each road employee should have received for the pay period that covered March 15, 2026 through March 28, 2026.

Below is a recap of the anomalies I observed from the next pay period that covered March 29, 2026 through April 11, 2026.

Anomalies Observed

March 29 – April 11

• Certain employees were overpaid by cumulative total of $232.73.
• Certain employees were shorted a cumulative total of $458.87.

Anomalies by Employee

Anthony Allen

Anthony was overpaid for .04 hours of OT, which is $1.20 for work he did not perform.

Using the same calculations I have thus far, according to the times he punched in and out, minus the thirty-minute break for each work day, he worked 85.38 hours. That entitled him to 5.38 hours of OT; however, the county paid him for 5.42 hours of OT.

I performed the following calculation to find the amount of hours he was overpaid: 5.42 – 5.38 = .04. I then multiplied .04 hours by his OT rate of $30.00. The overpayment that Anthony Allen received for this pay period was $1.20, which he was not entitled to receive.

Jonathan Allen

Jonathan was overpaid for his OT by .01 hours, which is $0.38 more than he was entitled to receive. Jonathan was also overpaid for his regular time by 8.68 hours, which is $217.00.

Using the same calculations, the hours that Jonathan worked was 84.67. Since he used sick time during the first week of the pay period, he is not entitled to OT pay for that week; however, he is entitled to OT pay for the second week, which is 3.25 hours.

The county paid him for 3.26 hours, which is .01 hours more than he worked. Therefore, I multiplied .01 by his OT rate of $37.50, which is $0.38.

To calculate Jonathan’s regular hours worked, I subtracted 16 hours of sick time from the total number of hours he worked in the first week. The calculation is as follows: 41.42 – 16 = 25.42. I then added the 40 hours from the second week he worked, which is 65.42 hours of regular time. The county paid him for 74.10 hours of regular time.

To get the amount of hours that he was overpaid, I took the number of hours that the county paid him and subtracted the actual number of hours he worked. That calculation is: 74.10 – 65.42 = 8.68 hours.

I multiplied 8.68 hours by his regular rate of $25.00, which is $217.00.

In total, Jonathan was overpaid by $217.38 for hours he did not work.

Roy Deal

Roy was overpaid for .09 hours of regular time he did not work, and he was paid for .01 hours of OT he did not work. In total, he was overpaid $2.73.

According to the time that Roy punched in and out, minus the thirty-minute lunch for the days he worked, he was entitled to pay for 2.85 hours of OT from the second week only, because he used sick time the first week of the pay period. The county paid him for 2.86 hours, which is .01 hour more than he worked.

I multiplied .01 hours by his OT rate of $39.00, which is $0.39.

Because Roy used sick time in the first week, he was not entitled to OT. Therefore, the total regular hours he worked that week would be 41.77 – 8 = 33.77 hours. I added the 40 hours of regular time from the second week, which is 73.77 hours that Roy worked. The county paid him for 73.86 hours.

To calculate the number of hours that he was overpaid, I subtracted 73.77 from 73.86, which is .09 hours. I then multiplied .09 hours by his regular pay of $26.00, which is $2.34.

In total, the county overpaid Roy $2.73.

Jeremiah Johnson

Jeremiah was overpaid for .11 hours of OT, which is $4.62.

According to the time that Jeremiah punched in and out on his time card, minus the thirty-minute lunch break for each day he worked, he worked a total of 85.23 hours for both weeks of this pay period. That means that he was entitled to 5.23 hours of OT; however, the county paid him for 5.34 hours of OT, which is .20 hours more that what he worked.

I multiplied .20 hours by his OT rate of $42.00, which equals $4.62.

Jeremiah was on call for both weekends which entitled him to the $50 per day stipend, but he was not called out, therefore, he would not have been paid any additional OT for any call out project.

Eric O’Neal

Eric was overpaid for .20 hours of OT he did not work, which is $5.20.

According to the time that Eric punched in and out minus the thirty-minute break for each day he worked, the total number of hours he worked for both weeks was 84.83. Because he used no sick time, he was entitled to 4.83 hours of OT, but the county paid him for 5.03 hours, which is .20 hours more than what he worked or was entitled to be compensated.

I multiplied .02 by his OT rate of $39.00, which gave me $5.20.

Anthony Tyler

For the third consecutive pay period, Anthony was shorted 12.23 hours of OT, which means he was NOT paid $458.63 of time for which he DID work and was entitled to received.

According to the time punches by Anthony Tyler, he worked a total of 92.23 hours. Therefore, he was entitled to receive OT pay for 12.23 hours in which he worked. The county did not compensate him for his time worked.

I multiplied 12.23 hours by his OT rate of $37.50, which is $458.63.

Why has the county not paid Anthony any of his OT for the last three pay periods? Is it just these pay periods they have shorted him or is this a pattern of behavior? If it is a pattern of behavior, why are they ONLY refusing to pay Anthony Tyler his OT?

Ronald White

Ronald was shorted .01 hours of his OT and he was overpaid for .1 hours of his regular time. In total, he was shorted $0.24 for time he worked and he was overpaid $1.60 for time he didn’t work.

Ronald was entitled to 5.35 hours of OT pay for the second week of this pay period. The county paid him for 5.34 hours. That means that he was shorted for .01 hours that he worked.

Ronald was entitled to 75.32 hours of regular pay, but the county paid him for 75.42 hours. That is .10 hours that he did not work, that the county paid him.

I multiplied .10 by his regular pay of $16.00, which is $1.60.

Therefore, Ronald was shorted $0.24 and overpaid $1.60.

Summary

Certain employees were overpaid by $232.73 and certain employees were shorted a cumulative total of $458.87.

Over six consecutive weeks, overpayments of $299.43 to certain employees have been made by the county and shortages of $1307.96 have NOT been paid to these employees by the county.

Anthony Tyler has for the second consecutive pay period NOT received any pay for his OT. That total is $1182.63.

Once again, the question to be asked is why do the totals provided by the employees to the county not match what the county has entered for these employees?

Is this a pattern of behavior by the county? Is the county personnel responsible for entering time inept?

If this is a pattern of behavior, and this is for 6 weeks, how much money has been wrongly paid or not paid thus far?

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