There should be no confusion this time as the Sups to vote on pay raise that will take them to nearly $90,000 per year by 2010. (Bonnie Neely has a special bonus compensation for years of service that may put her closer to $100,000.)
I feel the pay for the Humboldt County Board of Supers is way out of line. By using the baseline percentage using an ordinance adopted 10 years ago, the pay rate for supervisors is linked to the rate negotiated with AFSCME Local 1684, the county employees' union. In May, the board set the rate for their pay increases when they adopted raises for all county employees. So really, they voted their raise back in May, but now must finalize the agreement.
It is one thing to raise people wages by 6% that work for the county making $30,000 and another getting 6% when you make over $70,000. I hope the Supervisors decide to amend their pay raise to exclude themselves.
County-------Supervisors Pay----CountyPopulation
Placer..........................$30,000...................333,401
San Luis Obispo..........$79,014....................269,337
ElDorado.....................$76,876....................180,000
Shasta.........................$54,600....................182,000
Imperial......................$50,000....................176,158
Humboldt....................$79,128.....................133,000
Nevada........................$39,500.....................99,186
Sutter..........................$36,192......................95,878
Tehama.......................$19,080.....................62,419
Del Norte.....................$28,080....................29,419
Trinity.........................$25,008 ....................13,966
Humboldt also leads Tuolumne, San Benito, Yuba, Lake, Madera, Napa…….the list goes on. We have the highest paid County Supervisors of any California counties anywhere near our population size. By tens of thousands.
Update: Supervisors approve 3 percent salary increase. Rodoni and Smith voted against and say they will refuse the pay raise. The BOS has still set a new benchmark for all other counties of comparable size.
5 comments:
No wonder you want that job so badly
I tried hard for it when it paid around $40,000. I think the pay should be in the $50,000's.
If that is truly what you believe, come to the meeting and speak in oppsition. Having gone on record might do you some good in the next election.
Whats the point of going on record when ones own party will stab you in the back? Richard has been and always will be at the back of the line with the HCDCC. 2010 is coming up soon, but you can bet they will throw their support behind someone else. Chances are, it has already been discussed.
11:30am-I was endorsed by the HCDCC for 2 out of 3 elections. They did interview me on the one they didn't. It was bad timing on my part. Gallegos and Dikeman fiasco the same night. Bonnie and Gallegos campaigns were tied together. Too many on the HCDCC had committed early to Bonnie.
Just for the record. I am currently on the HCDCC. I will ask for their endorsement in 2010 if I decide to try again.
Post a Comment