While I was on vacation, county bean counters "found" $36 million in county coffers they hadn't expected, meaning instead of a deficit, we have a surplus (until the state swipes it, of course.)
I'd think that was a good thing, except, why can't our budget guys seem to get their numbers straight? It leaves me less than impressed. Here's my column on the issue.
Oh, P.S.
In researching this column I decided it'd be fun to know how much we're paying the county's top two bean counters for their labor on our behalf.
HOLY MOLY! These numbers blow me away. And they give me some ideas of how to save the county money, like doing away with KernFlex pay for all managers (more than 30 in the county). What the heck is that for anyway?
And a car allowance for people who don't need to DRIVE anywhere on the county's behalf? Uh, no!
Here's the gory deets:
John Nilon, County Administrative Officer
Salary $173,899.97
KernFlex (all managers get 10% extra, just because) 17,388.84
FICAI (6.2%) 6,621.60
FICAII (1.45%) 2,773.52
Health & Retiree
Health Benefits 13,044.50
Retirement (33.48%) 64,040.15
Auto allowance 7,296.00
Life insurance 198.00
TOTAL COMP $285,252.58
Ann Barnett, Auditor/Controller
Salary $139,799.47
KernFlex 13,979.79
FICAI 6,621.60
FICAII 2,229.83
Health & Retiree
Health Benefits 13,044.50
Retirement (33.48%) 51,485.34
Auto allowance 7,296.00
Life insurance 198.00
TOTAL COMP $234,654.53
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Regarding KernFlex, you write, "What the heck is that for anyway?" A simple call to County Personnel, or asking the county employees about whom you write, could have provided the answer. Is this some kind of new journalism, writing about something without learning what it is, then freely admitting that you did not do the heavy lifting to learn about the issue?
ReplyDeleteWell, Anon, the story wasn't ABOUT KernFlex...this is just a snapshot of some of the info I got.
ReplyDeleteSo it's not "some kind of new journalism." It's just me sharing information I picked up.
SHEESH!