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Board removes per‑meeting stipends, keeps $1,000 annual compensation
Summary
After discussion about meeting frequency and budget reductions, the board voted unanimously to maintain the $1,000 annual payment to directors and eliminate the $50 per‑meeting stipends, a change the board noted could save several thousand dollars annually.
The board reviewed director compensation and approved a motion to keep the $1,000 annual payment while removing the $50 per‑meeting stipend. Members discussed that meeting stipends had added up to roughly $7,900 last year and that cutting stipends would yield savings to help with budget reductions.
“So the motion on the table is to continue with 1000 dollars per year and removing the per meeting stipend,” the presiding officer summarized before the vote. A motion to remove the meeting stipends and retain the annual payment passed 6–0. Board members noted the negotiating committee receives a separate one‑time stipend in heavy years, and they discussed whether that should be retained.
