HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974 03-19 Maplewood OKs Riase for Finance Director DISPATCH Maplewood OKs Riase
For Finance Director
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Maplewood's City streets "kissing the peo- cial year in regard to fi-
Council, after a hassle, ple."
nances.
raised the salary of Fi- When it was suggested
nance Director Don Ash- that Ashworth was "un- As•examples, he cited
worth last week. • derpaid" compared , to proposals for storm sew-
He will receive $17,750 ther municipal finance ers, a facilities study,
per year. directors, Greavu corn- refunding of bond issues
Councilman John mented: "Then let' him and the need for tight
Greavu dissented in the leave." budgeting, in order to
4-1 vote, apparently be- stay within state-i m-
cause the director's sal- posed tax levy limits.
ary has increased from
$13,130 in the past year. At a previous meeting,
He described that as the council has author-
too much ized $10,580 in pay raises
"Why take one guy," for 11 administrators —
Greavu inquired, "and or a total seven per cent,
give him all the gravy?" the mayor pointed out.
The councilman said
that if he received an r He said the additional
amount for Ashwor &
equivalent pay raise
from his employer, he • dame $700 over what he
would be out on the had been authorized in
earlier action — would
raise the increases for
Mayor Robert Bruton the administrative staff
defended the pay hike. by less than one per
"Personally," he ex- cent.
plained, "from What I've Greavu has consistent-
seen so far, he (Ash- ly opposed•increases for
worth) has done a good administrators.
job."
Instead, the money
He also argued that should be used to bolster
the'finance director was :salaries of lower echelon
faced with a "very cru- employes,he maintains.
ch as Maplewood and Oakdale, have grown sub
antially in population since 1970 and if current fig-
es were used,'these communities would receive
+snore money. �J -Q.. "mn.. .C„t4, 141
Don _ Ashworth, Maplewood finance director.
decked into this possibility by reading theby the all
int in"the revenue sharing packet
e of Revenue Sharing, Department of the Treas-
.
Ashworth said it was a good idea, but it's no go.
His interpretation of "current data" refers to excep-
tions to the 1970 census criteria only of a community
recently merged or incorporated.
It's easier, though, to understand the problems
involved with federal and state (cigarette and liquor
tax revenues, for instance) regulations and for rules
regarding census figures. than it is to understand
the magnitude of the problem with regard to keep-
ing abreast of school enrollment figures.