WHAT’S NEXTHamilton County commissioners are expected to vote on the 2012 budget Thursday. The commission meets at 9:30 a.m. on the fourth floor of the county courthouse.COUNTY CUTS• Supported agencies: $7.3 million• Additional sales tax cuts: $4.3 million• Debt service: $1.4 million• Miscellaneous departmental decreases: $885,000• Corrections Corporation of America: $344,455Source: Hamilton County
Pamela Hilton was sitting at her desk in the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department when she got the email.
It said for her to be at Hamilton County Wellness Center the next day – June 15. It was the same day the 50-year-old grandmother normally took off to reflect on her daughter, who was murdered in East Ridge on that day 11 years ago.
But she knew right away that the anniversary of her daughter’s death would also be the day the county laid her off.
“My [being let go] from the Health Department was a double whammy,” she said.