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Harris County committee recommends $260,000 salary for district clerk after grievance hearing
Summary
A Harris County salary grievance committee voted 6-3 to recommend a $260,000 annual salary for District Clerk Marilyn Burgess after a hearing on her request to raise her pay from $179,420.80. The committee's recommendation will be forwarded to Commissioners Court for consideration.
A Harris County salary grievance committee voted 6-3 on Sept. 16 to recommend that the county set District Clerk Marilyn Burgess’s annual salary at $260,000, advancing the recommendation to Commissioners Court.
Burgess, who said her current salary is $179,420.80, filed a grievance asking that her pay be increased to $295,000 and argued the request was aimed at reducing pay disparity between elected county officials and appointed department heads. “I implore you to try to bring some parity between elected official salaries and appointed department head salaries,” Burgess told the committee, describing the scope of her office’s work and staffing.
The committee hearing focused on two competing considerations: Burgess’s contention that the district clerk’s duties and the size of her operation warrant parity with certain appointed department heads, and the county budget office’s assessment that a $295,000…
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