Ever since the April 11th 2006 election in the LA County City of Vernon I have been awaiting the outcome of their city council election. They have been stonewalling the results and refused to count the votes until just recently. Today’s LA Times sheds some light that is worth commenting on.
In Orange County we have five supervisors responsible for a county covering 789 square miles and being responsible for serving three million residents. For the sake of this discussion let’s say their base compensation is around $115,000 per year.
In today’s Times it reports that Bruce Malkenhorst Sr., Vernon city administrator “earned more than $600,000 a year for running a city with less than 100 residents.” Please note that the City of Vernon is only five square miles.
The big question for my friend Jack Dean of Pension Tsunami. Does this compensation include a key man pension obligation?
Please. Let’s not try to benchmark Vernon’s compensation against our County and give any Supervisor a raise. That would be out of character for Conservatives in Orange County. And lastly. Supervisor’s elect John Moorlach and Pat Bates did not put me up to issuing this post.Larry gilbert
oc supervisor make too much and do too little
Unless I received bum information the city manager of Newport Beach makes around $260,000 per year.
Let’s ignore the city of Vernon which truly does not represent a traditional city.
Orange County has 18,000 employees.
How many does Newport Beach have on their books?
As a conservative I am not suggesting an increase in compensation for our Board of Supervisors especially any member who voted for the increased pension or the PLA agreement.
There comes a point where wages need to be evaluated. I personally feel that some of our 34 city managers are overcompensated starting with Newport Beach and welcome your opinion on this topic.
And if you think these figures are high take a look at the compensation of our superintendent of public school districts.
Larry
BOS’s salaries are tied to Superior Court Judges. They receive a raise only when the judges get a raise.
Anonymous.
I am very aware of the tie-in between judge wages and the BOS.
It might be a conflict for the BOS to decide on their own how much to increase their wage and benefit package.
Although public service wages should not match comparable wages as found the private sector we might find qualified candidates sitting on the sidelines due to said limitations.
Pretty soon our BOS may be forced to live in “affordable” housing.
Surely you jest Larry.