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Supervisors approve new pay benchmark, link their salaries to state legislative scale
Summary
After debate, the Board of Supervisors voted 3–2 to rebase supervisor pay using the state legislators’ compensation as the benchmark, a move the county administration said would recognize the full‑time nature of the job and widen eligibility to candidates without independent income streams.
The Butte County Board of Supervisors voted on July 29 to change the county’s approach to supervisor compensation, directing county staff to align board pay with the California state legislator compensation benchmark.
County Administrative Officer Andy Pickett outlined three options: tie supervisor pay to the state legislators’ salary (set by the California Citizens Compensation Commission), align pay to a comparable county (Sonoma) adjusted for local cost of living, or set pay as the average of 14 similar counties. Pickett recommended option one — linking supervisor salaries to the independent commission that sets legislators’ pay —…
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