In the future,

Fayette County employees who think up ways to make your government better,

less expensive or more efficient may be rewarded.

County commissioners

Thursday will consider a plan to provide incentives such as cash awards

and extra time off to help stimulate workers' creativity.

"This

will give them a vested interested in wanting to make the county run smoother,"

said Commissioner Linda Wells.

Wells several

months ago asked County Administrator Chris Cofty to look into the idea,

acknowledging that it wasn't a front burner item.

Cofty appointed

a committee of employees to come up with a plan, and the group recently

completed its work, drawing glowing words of praise from Wells.

"They

have done a fantastically good job," she said during last week's

commission work session.

She asked fellow

commissioners to study the proposal and put it on a future agenda, but

commissioners said they could be ready to vote on the matter in a week's

time.

They'll consider

the proposal Thursday at 7 p.m. in the commission meeting room at the

county Administrative Complex.

The proposal

is the only item on the regular agenda. Three minor proposals, plus approval

of a previous meeting's minutes, are on the consent agenda to be voted

on all at one time.

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