Edison Council Passes 'Not to Exceed' Salary Ordinance O.2197-2023 by 4-0 - but has yet to disclose what these positions were currently paying

Well, not for nothing but as you can see from the previous post, there were 14 positions for which they wanted to raise the Max Salary. 

Now, don't really have an issue with a review of the current salaries to see if they're in line with the responsibilities of the positions. However, you'd think the first thing anyone on the Council would do when asked to consider raising the Max Salaries would be to ask how much we are currently paying for these 14 positions so they could have a basis to see if the increases make sense and the Public could be informed before they Vote.

Unfortunately, no-one on the Council did - I know, I asked. 

So, I made an OPRA Request on December 17, 2023 asking for the Names and Current Salaries for those 14 positions plus the 3 positions that were removed in this final Ordinance (Dir. of HR, BA and Cons. Code Official) so we would see if the proposed increases made sense before they Voted. 

Now, you would think that it shouldn't take 7 days to look up 17 salaries and provide that before the Council Voted on Wednesday, December 27, 2023. 

But, Unlucky for You and Me, they waited until the 7th Day at 4:03, a day after they already Voted to approve the Ordinance to send me the following:

 

Seems they need until January 11, 2024 to look up 17 names in their payroll system. I reminded them in response that the OPRA Request was for the Names & Current Salaries as of December 17, 2023, the date of the Request and Not on January 11, 2024 the date of their extension. That's so we can see what they were under the existing and applicable Salary Ordinance before they passed this one on December 27, 2023.

Can you Smell the Stench here? Why wouldn't they provide the current salaries for the positions they wanted to increase Max Salaries for before the Council Voted and why would the Council refuse to ask the Administration before they Voted? Either the Council couldn't or wouldn't provide that information before they Voted. Either way, doesn't make the Council look good.

You then have to ask - Why? Makes no sense and clearly signals that there may be a problem with the current salaries for some of these 14 positions (plus the other 3 that were removed) under the existing Ordinance and there was a rush to pass a new one before year-end.

Whatever the Council issues are for not pursuing the information they needed before they Voted, it Clearly demonstrates that the Council is nothing more that a Bunch of Enablers and Poor monitors of the purse strings in this town.

Anyhoo, this is what happens when you have No Checks & Balances in this Politically-corrupt town and You Keep Voting the Same People back in to do more of the same. 

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