Oakland payroll snafu affects hundreds Saturday, November 20, 1999 Breaking News Sections (11-20) 16:05 PST OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Payroll predicaments after a new, Y2K-compliant computer system was installed left scores of city employees with incorrect paychecks -- including one who collected more than $300,000 for two weeks of work. Another employee received a check for $13 for the same period. Oakland officials said data entry clerks using the new Year 2000 system for the first time didn't have enough training. The resulting glitches made Dwight Chambers, a public works operations manager, possibly the city's top-paid employee. Chambers received a check for $322,000 -- which he promptly handed back. ``I said, 'This must be incorrect,''' Chambers said. For Chris Middleton, who was counting on a paycheck of about $2,200 to help pay off bills from her mother's funeral, a $13.50 allotment left her with just $3.22 in her checking account. City payroll clerks said most of the glitches affected police, fire and public works pay because those staffers have varying shifts, overtime and premium pay. It was unclear how many employees were affected, but a police department clerk who asked not to be identified said at least 500 staffers in that department alone had paycheck problems. The city plans to issue supplemental checks next week to make up for Friday's mistakes, Assistant City Manager Dolores Blanchard said.