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Board members debate increasing board stipend; discussion centers on optics and funding sources
Summary
Board member Pat Bradford proposed adjusting the board stipend to recover past reductions and apply missed cost‑of‑living adjustments; members discussed funding options and whether county or internal reallocation should cover any increase.
Pat Bradford introduced a proposal for the board to seek an increase in the annual stipend for each board member, saying the board has had no meaningful increase since a partial restoration in 2018 and asking administration to look for budget lines that could be shifted to cover roughly $28,000 total for the seven members.
“I'm not asking you for a vote on anything today, but I do want to make you familiar with this,” Bradford said, describing a plan to request a per‑member increase that would bring each stipend…
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