Since a couple readers questioned this post, how about this: There are 318 people on the list. With benefits the total compensation is $35,905,792 $35,905,792 / 318 = $112,911 per person. Happy now? By: Diane Benjamin According to City Manager Pam Reece at the last meeting, the financial statements for the year ending March 31, […]
By: Diane Benjamin Joni Painter was absent last night, so Ward 5 wasn’t represented. There was no presentation last night on employee compensation. HR is going to want around $20,000 to study more. Alderman Mathy used common sense when he asked where ending Sick Leave Buy Back is. It is nowhere. He also asked why […]
By: Diane Benjamin In their continuing quest to make it un-affordable to live in Bloomington: Tonight the Committee of the whole will get a preview of upcoming fee increases: PDF page 8 http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=19646 This should be interesting: All of these items will be previewed tonight for a discussion on September 10th. Alderman Diana Hauman wants […]
By: Diane Benjamin The Town of Normal finally decided to post some employee compensation: http://www.normal.org/documentcenter/view/7527 They only included salaries over $75,000, a little over 300 of them. Since they don’t have many more employees than that, it’s close to everybody. I was looking around on OpenTheBooks.com and found some interesting numbers. This information comes […]
By: Diane Benjamin Questions for the Council: Last November you held a retreat. EVERY program the City is forcing people to pay for was presented. See PDF page 34 and following: http://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=14932 There are 15 pages of programs ranked from HIGH priority to Low priority. It looks like cutting programs died the day they were […]
By: Diane Benjamin The people forced to pay Normal’s employees – TAXPAYERS – have a right to know how much they are paying. If Normal posts employee compensation anywhere on their website, it is well hidden. Luckily, OpenTheBooks.com has the 2016 salaries. Benefits and the cost of pensions are NOT included. See all the salaries […]
By: Diane Benjamin When the citizens aren’t paying attention to what their government is doing, you get the below. If you thought $100,000,000 was ridiculous for Uptown, be prepared for more folly. PDF page 59: http://www.normal.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/7440 This statement is in the Town of Normal’s Annual Report: There is a good reason people want to work […]
