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Board rejects proposed increase to annual trustee pay, keeps $2,000 rate
Summary
Smith-Green trustees voted during their Jan. 6 organizational meeting to keep annual board compensation at the current $2,000, rejecting a proposal that would have raised the stipend to $4,400.
Smith-Green Community Schools trustees voted Jan. 6 to retain the district’s existing annual board compensation of $2,000, rejecting a proposal to increase the stipend to $4,400 per member.
During the organizational meeting, administration recommended an annual board salary equal to 10% of the district’s lowest starting teacher salary, which would have raised the payment to $4,400. A board member moved "I motion to deny the approval of the raise for the board and continue to keep it where it is," and another member seconded the motion. The motion carried and the board kept the current compensation level.
Board members debated the principle of compensation at the meeting, with at least one trustee saying they were serving "for community" and not for the money. No individual vote tallies by name were recorded in the transcript; the meeting minutes should contain the official roll-call result.
The decision means the district will continue the current compensation policy rather than implementing the proposed 10%-of-starting-salary calculation. The board also reviewed other organizational business earlier in the meeting, including officer elections and appointments, which proceeded separately from the compensation discussion.
