Residents will

have two more weeks to voice their opinions on whether Fulton County commissioners

should receive a hefty pay raise.

For the third

time, the County Commission has deferred a vote on the pay raise. The

issue will now considered again Jan. 16.

The proposal

is to raise each commissioner's salary from $25,000 to $45,000 and the

chairman's salary from $27,000 to $50,000.

In a statement

released by his office, Chairman Mike Kenn said he supports raising the

salaries in general for elected officials, but could not support this

raise. Kenn did support the efforts to defer the vote until Jan. 16.

Kenn also added

the commission has consistently voted against raises for other employees

in Fulton County, so he could not support a raise for the commission.

Commissioner

Bill Edwards said he will support the measure.

"I didn't

get into this job to get rich, so it's really not going to affect me one

way or the other," he said.

Edwards said

his salary as a commissioner is used to pay for staff at his insurance

agency so he can free up more time to do the county's business.

"Unless

there's a groundswell of support against this from my residents, I plan

to vote for it," he said.

Residents from

north Fulton County have sent in a barrage of e-mails against the raise,

but South Fulton residents have been relatively quiet on the issue, said

a staff member in the commission office.