Augusta-Richmond County votes on tax commissioner

Date: March 30, 2022

The Augusta-Richmond County Commission almost simultaneously voted to grant appointed Tax Commissioner Chris Johnson’s salary of $133,708, then accepted his resignation as Deputy Tax Chief and granted him six month’s severance pay at Wednesday’s meeting.

The vote was unanimous. Johnson was appointed to tax commissioner after the resignation of Steven Kendrick who is running for mayor of Augusta.

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