The Mathews County Board of Supervisors met last Thursday, April 2 to resume a closed session continued from March 24 on legal matters pertaining to Hole in the Wall Waterfront Grill. The board also resumed the open session on budget priorities and goals. During the open session, the board revisited funding of a compensation and classification plan for county employees that it had previously decided to include in the budget at a cost of $164,000. Supervisor Tim Doss had requested on March 24 that the board remove the plan from the budget, but the board voted at that time to leave it in. However, he raised the question again at the April 2 session, asking County Administrator Ramona Wilson why no dollar amounts had been given the board for the actual salary increases that were being requested. Wilson gave a lengthy explanation to the board about the need to implement the class and comp plan to prevent employees from leaving county employment for more lucrative positions elsewhere. She s...