Editor’s Note: Supervisor Dean Schettler references a 5 percent pay increase for Carroll Police Chief, Brad Burke. That number is inaccurate, Chief Burke received a 3 percent pay increase last fiscal year and that amount is determined annually. As of this date, the amount of any pay increases for the next fiscal year for Burke have not yet been determined.
A good portion of this morning’s (Monday) Carroll County Board of Supervisor meeting revolved around compensation for elected officials as well as for the supervisors and non-union employees for the next fiscal year. The conversation started with the recent Carroll County Compensation Board recommendation that the sheriff receive a six percent increase and all other elected officials four percent. The union employees are in the second year of a two-year contract at 2.5 percent. Chair, Gene Meiners, says he believes this is not the year to do anything major and comp boards from the region have been all over the map with what they are recommending; from nothing to a straight five percent or even stipends.
He then opened the floor for discussion. Dean Schettler categorized the recent compensation board meeting as “pretty weird.”
He says if you want to get ahead you have to give a bigger raise and he is not sure what the answer is but was for reducing the percentages. Carroll County Auditor, Kourtney Irlbeck asked for the opportunity to speak her mind on the subject as one of the elected officials.
The motion to reduce both of the comp board recommendations by 50 percent to three percent for the sheriff and two percent for other elected officials was made and seconded, passing with four in favor and one, Meiners, against. The board was then tasked with determining a rate for their own pay, with Stephanie Hausman suggesting a freeze.
This was seconded by Scott Johnson. Schettler says he had made the motion two years running and had been shot down for making it. Meiners recalled a similar situation.
This carried on a vote of three in favor and two, Schettler and Meiners, against. Finally the board debated the salary increase percentage for non-elected, non-union employees, finally agreeing on 2.5 percent. Audio of the full discussion is included below.
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Full discussion:
