Cost of living increases for Westchester lawmakers
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- April
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In their report to the Westchester Board of Legislators, the Compensation Advisory Committee today recommended that lawmakers’ base salary increase 7.5 percent, but not before Jan. 1, 2010 — after the next legislative election.
The panel also recommended a 7.5 percent increase in the stipend paid to the Board’s chairman. The recommended raises equal annual 2.5 percent CPI increases stretching back to the last legislative salary increases in 2006.
Panel Chairman William Mooney said the recommendations reflect the concern expressed by many Westchester residents about the “growth and cost of government” and the current economic conditions.
Mooney declined to describe the report as a rebuke of Board Chairman William Ryan, but the recommended raise was far less than the 87-percent boost in the chairman’s stipend he sought in December.
The report also raised questions about staffing levels at the Board of Legislators and urged that the “structure of the Board of Legislators should be reviewed by an outside committee to create accurate job descriptions and to streamline operations.”
Mooney specifically cited the $146,000-a-year, “chief advisor to the chairman” job now held by Gary Kriss, a Ryan confidant. Mooney said the pay panel could never obtain an accurate job description for Kriss’ position.
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on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 1:04 pm by Glenn Blain.
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