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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 08:41:23 -0500, Alice Ewen Walker wrote:</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> >...Including OC in the average benchmarks for salaries bumps the average up quite a bit. </FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> FYI, we omitted Ocean City (OC) in the adjusted average, along with some </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> other adjustments to make it more relevant to our situation and time frame. </FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> The numbers did not change much. Less for the mayor, more for council...</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Adjusted Average was $689 for council and $915 for mayor.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Similar sized towns deal with similar problems and is a reasonable comparison.</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> Looking at budgets is good too.</FONT></div>
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<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> District Heights and Glenarden are the two towns that are near our size whose</FONT></div>
<div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> budgets are nearest to ours. District heights $4.5, Glenarden $2.2, RP $3.6.</FONT></div>
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<FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> </FONT><div><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE=3> An average of District Height and Glenarden yields $650 council, $850 Mayor</FONT></div>
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