REFERRED TO THE PEOPLE BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE.
BALLOT TITLE
SALARY COMMISSION
QUESTION: Should the Salary Commission set Sheriff's salary and District Attorney supplemental salary?
SUMMARY: The Charter now requires that the Board fix the Sheriff's salary and the Salary Commission set the chair and commissioner salaries. The auditor appoints the five-member Salary Commission. This measure amends the Charter to require the Salary Commission to set the county Sheriff and DA supplemental salary. It takes effect on November 3, 2010.
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This measure amends the salary sections of the Charter. The provisions now require that the Salary Commission set the chair and commissioner salaries, and the Board set the Sheriff's salary. The District Attorney is paid by the state, but the county may supplement the DA's salary. In the past, the Salary Commission included the Sheriff and DA in its studies and recommendations at the request of the Board of Commissioners.
The five-member salary commission is appointed by the auditor by January 1 of each even year. The Charter Review Committee believes it is appropriate for the Salary Commission to set the salary of the Sheriff and the county paid supplemental salary of the DA.
This measure will remove the authority of the Board to set the Sheriff's salary from the Charter. It will require the Salary Commission to set Sheriff and DA's salaries.
The measure will take effect November 3, 2010.
Submitted by:
Agnes Sowle
County Attorney
Multnomah County
No arguments FOR or AGAINST this measure were filed.