Fulton County

employees who are Reservists participating in the nation's assault on

terrorists will receive county funds to make up any difference between

their gross military pay and their gross county pay.

The Fulton

Commission voted unanimously Nov. 7 to take the action, presented in a

resolution sponsored by Commissioner Karen Elaine Webster and Chairman

Mike Kenn. Both are at-large commissioners, representing the entire county.

Seventeen of

the approximately 92 Fulton employees who are Reservists had been called

to active duty as of Nov. 7.

The county

will provide the supplementary pay for up to 180 days after the employees

use all of their 18 days of county-paid military leave time. They will

be allowed to maintain other benefits, such as health, vision and dental

insurance coverage, and return to full-time status when their active duty

ends, as permitted by applicable provisions of federal and state law.