Saratoga County pandemic pay report fails to bridge rift

BALLSTON SPA – An internal investigation into Saratoga County’s pandemic pay debacle in which hundreds of employees including elected officials were paid time-and-a-half during the early days of COVID-19’s sweep across the state, was deemed a simple failure in communications.“The subcommittee concluded that there was no conscious effort to mislead the BOS (Board of Supervisors) regarding actions taken relative to COVID compensation program based on extensive employee inte