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Commissioners recently hiked the pay for their own positions for the new terms that begin Jan. 1, from 25.6 to 33.5%. The pay increases that are pending for the clerk, treasurer, register of deeds and prosecutor range from 2 to 5 percent, while the increase for the office of sheriff is a fraction of a percent. Likewise, the proposed pay decrease for the position of drain commission is just below the current level. All five elected posts received 3 percent raises this year, and a 2 percent increase in 2007. Commissioners based the recommendations on comparisons of the salaries for elected officials in counties of similar size to Sanilac. Here are the current salaries and what's proposed for the terms that begin in 2009:
In addition to their base pay, all six elected offices receive stipends of $2500 for additional duties. Commissioners will address the stipends in January, because new individuals may occupy the elected offices in January who may not want those duties. There will be at least two new officials come January, because two incumbents -- the sheriff and the drain commissioner -- are not running for re-election. The sheriff gets a stipend for federal inmate coordination, while the drain commissioner gets extra pay for serving on the board of public works. In related action, the committee sent a recommendation to the full board regarding retired county employees who become an elected or appointed official. The proposed resolution states that county retirees are not eligible for any contribution from the county under a county sponsored retirement system including the deferred compensation plan. The issue came up because two candidates for sheriff, Michael Redman and Greg Ferriby, are retired from the sheriff department. In other action, the finance committee:
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