Update 2/22/2024: I asked how the Town Clerk compensation was set at the 2/20/2024 Town Council Meeting. Chairman John Farrell’s response was ‘Thankyou’ no one answered the question. The Town Clerk was in the audience at the time.
With two candidates running for Town Clerk the question has been raised how is the yearly compensation set for the Clerks position. In the event that a new Clerk is elected will the compensation remain the same?
An email sent on 2/7/2024 to the Town Manager asking how the Town Clerk is compensated was not returned.
A bit of history regarding the Clerks position. In 2013 the Town had a single position for Town Clerk and Tax Collector. To reduce costs the Town Council proposed Article 2 2014 which separated the duties and compensation of the Tax Collector and Town Clerk. The article passed.
The current Town Clerk was elected on March 11, 2014.
The Town Annual Reports indicates yearly compensation as follows:
2014 – $30,000.00
2015 – $37,500.00
2016 – $37,500.00
2017 – $49,500.00
2018 – $55,158.37
2019 – $47,010.63
2020 – $62,052.33
2021 – $66,543.36
2022 – $70,869.60
The compensation of the current Tax Collector from the 2022 Annual Report is $62,544.32
The question still remains how is the Town Clerk compensated?
I asked the Town Council how the Town Clerks compensation was set at tonight’s Town Council meeting. They refused to answer.
Very interesting that the town clerk herself was in attendance and could not be called upon to answer