SUPERVISORS' PAY RAISE

INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING of an ordinance amending Section 2.04.070 and 2.04.100 of the Sierra County Code pertaining to compensation for County Supervisors was discussed at the Board of Supervisor’s meeting held in Downieville on Tuesday, August 4th. Supervisor Peter Huebner stated it was never a good time for the Board of Supervisor’s to ask for a raise. He said the Supervisors received their last raise in 2006 and discovered they were the only ones not to receive a cost of living raise. Huebner added this compensation would restore the longevity along with giving them a raise. Chairman Jim Beard stated it was not a raise it was a replacement of “stuff that was lost.” Huebner made the motion to waive the first reading and adopt. The motion passed with Supervisor Lee Adams and Supervisor Paul Roen abstaining on their vote before agreeing unanimously.
With this vote “each supervisor shall receive a salary of $2,737.40 per month, with the exception of the Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors, whose salary shall include an additional $100.00 per month.” For longevity pay, “members of the Sierra County Board of Supervisors shall, have their salary increased by five percent (5%) after each five years of actual service.”
According to County Treasurer/Auditor Van Maddox,
Board Prior New
Member Monthly Pay Monthly Pay

Adams 2,349.27 2,874.27
Huebner 2,590.07 3,168.88
Beard 2,237.40 2,737.40
Roen 2,237.40 2,73740
Schlefstein 2,237.40 2,737.40
After 1/2016 2,874.27