SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A decision to eliminate four Saline County administrative positions is leading to angry words between a county commissioner and other county officials.

The Saline County Commission voted last week to eliminate the county administrator job, as well as directors of planning and zoning, road and bridge and the county health department.

The current chairman of the county planning and zoning commission alleged Wednesday that Commissioner John Price led the effort to eliminate the jobs because of a personal vendetta. Clayton Short says the department needs professional leadership and can’t be run by volunteers.

The Salina Journal reports Price denied the allegations. He says the county can run properly without the four administrators and called the planning and zoning director the least necessary administrator in the county.