Re: Moscow's Executive Compensation Program

[Tim Lohrmann <timlohr@yahoo.com>]

Definitely some excellent points in your post, Bill. 
I would urge the Council to forget this plan/program
for many of the same reasons. 

I do have a question though. 

I'm sure that the Council approved hiring the folks
who did the study that resulted in these
recommendations. 
But, I'm curious as to who originally
advocated/recommended that the study be done in the
first place. 

The idea had to come from somewhere. 
Surely the idea didn't come from the upper echelon
employees who will get the biggest raises.

TL




--- Bill London <london@moscow.com> wrote:
>     Every Moscow voter should get a copy of the
> proposed "Executive
> Compensation Program" from the city.
>     The City Council is proposing to WIDEN the gap
> between lower-level
> workers who will continue to be paid less than
> comparable worth and the
> handful of top administrators who would get a huge
> raise.
>     I suggest that the Council dump this plan
> immediately, for the
> following reasons:
>     1. This is morally unjustifiable.  We should be
> looking at ways to
> help the majority of city workers not the few who
> are already making big
> salaries.
>     2. This is a solution without a problem.  We do
> not have a problem
> retaining or recruiting administrators.  There is no
> big turnover
> issue.  We do not need to pass out big bonuses to
> keep administrators
> smiling.
>     3. This is not economically viable.  At a time
> when state workers
> and university personnel are losing jobs due to
> budget cuts, the Council
> is proposing giving administrators raises estimated
> in the city document
> at 5 to 23 percent.  Moscow taxpayers should not
> have to pay that.
>     4. This redefines executive responsibilities. 
> Executive level
> employees are expected (in exchange for large
> salaries and the perks
> that already go with the jobs) to work whatever
> hours are required to
> get the job done.  Executives know that their jobs
> may require evening
> meetings, weekend seminars, late nights finishing
> reports, etc.
> However, under this plan, Moscow's top
> administrators would get all the
> executive perks, but not the requirements.  The
> taxpayers would buy back
> their unused vacation hours.
>     5. Especially disgusting is the fact that the
> city supervisor gets
> an extra-cushy deal under this proposal with
> benefits 50% better than
> the other administrators.
> BL
> 


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