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Trustees debate linking elected-official pay to salary scales versus percentage raises
Summary
During the budget workshop trustees spent significant time discussing the town's practice of placing newly elected officials on multi-step salary scales and whether elected positions should instead receive a simple annual percentage increase or have pay set by annual vote.
A lengthy discussion at the Oct. 14 workshop focused on how the town sets pay for elected officials and whether elected positions should be placed on multi-step salary scales tied to hire/election year or receive a uniform percentage increase.
Staff presented a comparative table showing elected-official pay across neighboring towns and the town's current treatment of elected positions under a sliding pay scale.…
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