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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Several people requested this information...</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Salaries for towns </FONT><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> very near the size of Riverdale Park </FONT></b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> average roughly</FONT></div>
<div><b><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> $1000/month for the mayor and $600/month for council members </FONT></b></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> ($690 when adjusted for inflation).</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> 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.)</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> P.S. </FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> You may want to skip the rest of this email, but read on if you want to see the details behind the numbers. </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> (If this table does not display well for you, try the attached PDF.)</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Population Mayor Council Effective</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Thurmont* 5,995 1,000 667 2004</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> District Heights 6,296 1,200 900 2006</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Glenarden 6,568 500 400 2007</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Cheverly 6,661 125 83 unknown</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Ocean City* 7,137 2,500 833 1998</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Bladensburg* 7,920 700 600 2003</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Raw Average 1,004 581 </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Adjusted Average** 915 689 </FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Riverdale Park 6,612 400 200 1995</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> RP Proposed 900 450 2007</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Courier New" SIZE=3> Looks like RP should be 900 600 </FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> * These towns offer benefits of unspecified value (free health/life insurance, retirement plans) not included in </FONT><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> the salary, while the Bladensburg salary includes their $200/mo health insurance benefit.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> **Adjusted for ECI inflation projected to 2007 with outliers removed (drop OC and Cheverly).</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> -Rob</FONT></div>
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