Using the automated payroll system, some employees would be able to log in daily at their computer, while others who don’t always have access to a terminal — including sheriff’s deputies, highway department, solid waste and central maintenance employees — would be able to clock in using a biometric reader that scans their fingerprints.Smaller media outlets routinely do a superior job at elucidating the issues that determine the desirability of biometric deployments. The issues on both sides are important. The Return on Investment implicit in the above quoted text ($400,000 - $97,000 per year) should be balanced against arguments appearing elsewhere in the article.
The time sheets that employees now fill out are reviewed by their supervisors and then sent to the budget office for tabulation. Maury County Budget Director Jim Bracken estimated an automated payroll system could save the county $400,000 a year by eliminating inefficiencies.
The system would cost $97,000 annually, Bracken said.
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