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Board approves pay adjustments for elected officials and supervisors; supervisors' raises set retroactive to Sept. 28
Summary
After discussion about timing and county fiscal priorities, the County Board approved separate pay adjustments: an ordinance for other elected officials was approved as drafted, and the board set a 5% raise for supervisors retroactive to Sept. 28.
The Amador County Board of Supervisors considered and approved pay adjustments for elected officials and for members of the Board of Supervisors at the Oct. 7 meeting.
Board members discussed whether adjustments should be retroactive to Sept. 28 (the date other county units received increases) and whether the supervisors’ ordinance should include a retroactive date. The board approved the ordinance for other elected officials with the retroactive date written into that ordinance. For the supervisors’ own pay, the board approved a 5% adjustment and set the effective date retroactive to Sept. 28, to match other units; the motion passed after discussion and a recorded vote.
Public comment included both support for modest pay increases and criticism that supervisors set their own pay. A member of the public explained legal avenues available to residents who oppose such adjustments, including petition or ballot measures.
Why it matters: Supervisor pay and elected-official compensation are high-salience local governance issues because they affect county personnel budgets and public perceptions of priorities. Several supervisors said the increases are modest and intended to make compensation reasonable relative to comparable positions.
Next steps: The clerk will prepare ordinance language and place the supervisors’ ordinance on the next consent agenda for formal adoption and implementation per the effective date the board set.
