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Lander County declines requested justice of the peace salary increase, keeps entry salary at $71,361
Summary
The Board voted to disapprove a requested pay increase for the Ardena Justice Court justice of the peace and leave the salary at the previously set $71,361 entry amount required by the board before the election year.
The Lander County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 27 voted to disapprove a proposed salary increase for the justice of the peace in Ardena Justice Court and to leave the position at the previously set base salary of $71,361.
Commissioners discussed that the board is required to set elected officials’ salaries in the December before an election year and that the commission had set the justice of the peace salary along with other elected-official salaries at $71,316 (later noted in discussion as $71,361). Commissioners compared that entry figure to an example of a longer-serving justice of the peace in Winnemucca who had a higher salary after many years in office.
No specific alternative salary figure was presented by the justice of the peace at the meeting. One commissioner moved to disapprove an increase and leave the salary at $71,361; a second was made, and the motion carried on a voice vote with “aye” recorded.
