[RP TownTalk] Mayor and Council Salaries

[Rob Oppenheim]

Several people requested this information...
 
Salaries for towns very near the size of Riverdale Park average roughly
$1000/month for the mayor and $600/month for council members 
($690 when adjusted for inflation).
 
You also might like to know that 12 towns in Maryland base council compensation on the number of meetings attended. (These towns are not close to RP in size.)
 
P.S. 
 
You may want to skip the rest of this email, but read on if you want to see the details behind the numbers. (If this table does not display well for you, try the attached PDF.)
 
              Population   Mayor  Council   Effective
Thurmont*          5,995    1,000    667     2004
District Heights   6,296    1,200    900     2006
Glenarden          6,568      500    400     2007
Cheverly           6,661      125     83     unknown
Ocean City*        7,137    2,500    833     1998
Bladensburg*       7,920      700    600     2003
               
Raw Average                 1,004    581    
Adjusted Average**            915    689    
               
Riverdale Park     6,612      400    200     1995
RP Proposed                   900    450     2007
Looks like RP should be       900    600    
                
* These towns offer benefits of unspecified value (free health/life insurance, retirement plans) not included in the salary, while the Bladensburg salary includes their $200/mo health insurance benefit.
 
**Adjusted for ECI inflation projected to 2007 with outliers removed (drop OC and Cheverly).
 
-Rob
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