[RP TownTalk] Mayor and Council Salaries

[Alan Thompson & Sarah Wayland]

Here's the data from the original post, supplemented with data  
collected from town/city web sites on budget size.  All budgets are  
from sometime in the last few years.  I just borrowed Alice's number  
for OC.

               Population   Mayor  Council   Effective    Budget  
(millions, approx)
Thurmont*          5,995    1,000    667     2004         $ 10
District Heights   6,296    1,200    900     2006         $  4.5
Glenarden          6,568      500    400     2007         $  2.2
Cheverly           6,661      125     83     unknown      $  4.9
Ocean City*        7,137    2,500    833     1998         $ 65
Bladensburg*       7,920      700    600     2003         couldn't find

Thurmont handles utilities for its residents.  I have no explanation  
for the others.  There isn't a big correlation here....

	Alan Thompson

On Dec 3, 2006, at 8:41 AM, Alice Ewen Walker wrote:

> I'm not opposed to making salary adjustments, but I question the  
> benchmarks used to calculate what is typical for a town our size.  
>
> The town should not use population as its filter for collecting salary  
> benchmarks from other towns.  Annual budget is a better way to compare  
> the scope and responsibilities that our town staff and elected  
> officials are responsible  
> for.  That is what most agencies use to figure out comps.
>
> On 12/2/06, Rob Oppenheim < oppenheim at email.com > wrote:
>>  (  
>> http://riverdale-park.org/pipermail/towntalk/2006-September/ 
>> 000901.html )
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