County Says ‘No’ to Salary Increase
Posted By J.T. on November 10, 2009
Harrisonville, Missouri - Per state law, all elected office holders in Cass County must form a salary commission that meets every two years. This commission votes on the base salary for each of elected positions of the county that will be chosen by the voters in the November general elections.
Previous salary commissions had instituted a policy that no elected office could receive a raise unless all county employees also received the same raise. The new salary commission of 2009 discussed the economy, revenue projections, and policy surrounding salaries. They commission voted not to raise the salaries of elected positions.
Per state law, the salary commission is made up of the county clerk, county treasurer, presiding commissioner, associate commissioner - district 1, associate commissioner - district 2, county assessor, county circuit clerk, county recorder, county collector, county prosecutor, county auditor, and county sheriff.
It should be noted that Cass County Commissioners unanamisouly voted for a 3% salary increase for elected officials in January.
It should be noted that the County Commissioners vote for the 2009 budget in January, which included a 3% COLA raise for EVERY county employee in every department, including the elected officials. That raise was approved and voted on by the 2007 Cass County Salary Commission. The 3% was not some arbitrary vote just for elected officials, but again was approved for EVERY county employee equally.