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Clay County CRC votes to put commissioners' pay under state statute for voters to decide
Summary
The Clay County Charter Review Commission voted to place on a proposed charter amendment language that would remove the chartered $37,000 commissioner salary and instead limit commissioner pay to the level set by Florida statute; the motion passed on a roll-call vote and the commission scheduled the required public hearings and deadlines.
The Clay County Charter Review Commission voted to send a proposed amendment to the voters that would remove the charter-specified $37,000 county commissioner salary and instead limit commissioners’ compensation to the amount set by Florida law. The motion to adopt language tying commissioner pay to Florida statute (cited in discussion as Florida Statute 145.031) carried in a roll-call vote.
The county attorney, Glenn Taylor, told the commission the ballot statement must be “clear and unambiguous” and observed that statutory salary guidelines are formula-driven and updated annually, which is why the draft does not set a fixed dollar amount. As Taylor put it while describing the draft text: “shall the Clay County Charter be amended to remove the Charter specified county…
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