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Pardons and Parole seeks pay increase for volunteer commissioners as workload and turnover climb
Summary
The Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole requested legislation to raise commissioner pay from $300 to $400 per hearing day; the new executive director said commissioners spend unpaid hours preparing for hearings and that several commissioners are expected to depart within a year.
The Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole asked the Joint Finance Preparations Committee on Feb. 4 to support legislation raising commissioner pay from $300 to $400 per hearing day, a change the commission said is necessary to retain and recruit experienced commissioners.
Noah Peterson, a budget analyst, said the commission would need a statutory change to increase pay and that the governor’s recommendation tied to that change would cost about $59,300…
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