JEA Paid More Than $12 Million in Overtime in 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Bob Cole is out on the banks of the St. Johns River every chance he can get.
Cole said fishing is pretty much like paying his electric bill: he never knows what he will get.
"The month before last it was $303, but this time I got it yesterday, Saturday it was $160.
Cole said his JEA bills on average have gone up $100 a month.
While he is paying more, the electric authority has paid out $12.4 million in overtime in just the last year.
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JEA said overtime makes up less than 8 percent of the salary base, which is $158 million.