Johnson County Commish Approves 23% Pay Bump For Themselves After Election

Credit to conservative watchdogs in the Golden Ghetto for digging up this gem that everyone else seems content to politely ignore . . . 

Context that everyone else is too afraid to say out loud . . . 

So many residents basically agree with an ousted commish about this stuff but her public persona is combative and off-putting so the local politico doesn't get credit for making worthwhile points. 

Something that our conservative friends don't want to acknowledge . . . It really is difficult to be a lady politico no matter the partisan divide. 

But I digress . . . 

Here's the bad deal for JoCo . . . 

Property tax statements were issued November 14, nine days after nearly 73% of eligible county residents went to the polls. On November 21st, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) accepted recommendations from an ad hoc committee earlier this year to increase their salary for the first time since 2011. The vote was 5-2 with Chairman Mike Kelly, and Commissioners Jeff Meyers, Janee’ Hanzlick, Becky Fast, and Shirley Allenbrand supporting the recommendation and Commissioners Charlotte O’Hara and Michael Ashcraft opposing. Allenbrand and Meyers were re-elected this month, while O’Hara was defeated.

Outgoing Commissioner O’Hara blasted her colleagues for the salary increases and the post-election timing of each event:

“In the Committee of the Whole on Thursday, November 21st, we (the BOCC) voted 5-2 to direct staff to bring an action agenda item forward (before the end of the year, most likely December 12) to increase the Chairman’s salary by 23.3% to $92,500, plus benefits of at least $30,000 which will bring this part-time job total cost to you the taxpayer to $122,500.   Next was to increase district commissioners’ salaries by 23.1% to $58,300 with benefits of up to $25,311 on top of the base salary, or a total of $83,611, again for a part-time job.

“Please keep in mind these are part-time jobs.  Johnson County has a “professional” staff which runs and manages the county’s business.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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