Yeah, that’s probably not a good idea
Wednesday, May 13, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller
* Sarah Hayden at the Dispatch-Argus…
Less than a week after laying off 15 deputy clerks in the Rock Island County circuit clerk’s office and two legal assistants in the state’s attorney’s office, county officials are considering pay increases for elected offices, including Circuit Clerk Tammy Weikert.
During a Tuesday morning teleconference meeting, members of the county finance and personnel committee approved advancing two resolutions that will give pay increases for the county auditor, circuit clerk, coroner and recorder from a base pay of $91,800 to $93,636. Health insurance and other benefits pushes the total annual compensation for each official to more than $105,000.
The resolution states the auditor, circuit clerk, coroner and recorder will receive 2% salary increases again on Dec. 1, 2022, from $93,636 to $95,509.
“This is the biannual resolution to set office holder salaries for the county,” County Administrator Jim Snider said. “The change occurs when the office is up for election. This is not based on who’s in office; it’s based on who’s up for election.”
- West Side the Best Side - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 11:25 am:
If I knew how to do a face palm emoji I would.
- Eloy - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 11:27 am:
that last line is pure art
- southsider - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 11:33 am:
I hate to say it, but I think many people who work in government are a blind as to what is happening in the real world.
- Oswego Willy - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 11:35 am:
I dunno.
Maybe offer a resolution that this increase and the increase in 2 years for the others are frozen.
Still a gawd-awful look when folks are being laid off, but it ain’t no raises either.
- Generic Drone - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 11:37 am:
And we wonder why we continue to hear cut fraud and waste.
- @misterjayem - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 11:41 am:
“members of the county finance and personnel committee approved advancing two resolutions that will give pay increases for the county auditor, circuit clerk, coroner and recorder from a base pay of $91,800 to $93,636″
The last census found that the median income for a family in Rock Island County was $58,962.
That doesn’t mean that all of those county officials aren’t worthy of pay increases in the midst of layoffs, but it does suggest that they could get by without one.
– MrJM
- NorthsideNoMore - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 11:57 am:
Homer J Simpson “DOH !” The roll back statement starts in wait for it ….10, 9, 8, 7…. What he meant to say was ” Due to concerns over finacial constriants caused by the pandemic all administrative salaries will be frozen until further notce “
- Bruce( no not him) - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 12:12 pm:
Wow. Clueless doesn’t even start.
- XonXoff - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 12:19 pm:
Somehow, the money always pools at the top.
- Just Observing - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 12:24 pm:
=== And we wonder why we continue to hear cut fraud and waste. ===
It’s not fraud or waste, it’s just tone deaf.
- VerySmallRocks - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 1:21 pm:
Sorry, Rock Island. You can’t do that. You’re not a for-profit corporation that’s publicly listed. They’re the ones that reward companies firing workers with soaring share prices while the C-class gets platinum compensation packages. Maximum Shareholder Value!
- th Edge - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 1:53 pm:
Hah, maybe this will result in “self-inflicted” term limits for those voting affirmative.
- Generic Drone - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 2:43 pm:
Tone def, still smells like a rat. Sort of like legislators having to vote against their automatic pay increases.
- Chatham Resident - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 5:08 pm:
Reminds me of Quinn in 2010 giving his senior staff raises a few days after cutting at least $1.4 billion from the budget in “painful cuts.”
The next year was the start of the AFSCME raise rescinding fiasco.
- Chatham Resident - Wednesday, May 13, 20 @ 10:09 pm:
RI County Board says No to the raises for Weikert and three other county officials:
https://qctimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/just-outrageous-rock-island-county-officials-reject-pay-increases/article_6d3b71e2-05e9-509b-a96c-8104bd271ebc.html#tracking-source=home-breaking