Friday, January 11, 2008

HIDE YOUR WALLETS ~ TAXPAYERS!

Bill No. A-08-01

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE A-07-43 SETTING SALARIES FOR THE YEAR 2008 FOR NON-BARGAINING UNIT EMPLOYEES

BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of New Albany, Indiana, to wit:

SECTION 1. That the hourly, bi-weekly or monthly salaries for the following are set as follows for the year 2008:

Board Of Works..............................BI-Weekly Pay

Deputy Mayor/Director
of City Operations.............................$1,669.10
John Wilcox
Yearly Income - $43,396.60

Asst. Dir. of City Operations/
L.T. Coordinator...............................$1,346.15
Matt Denison
Yearly Income - $34,999.90

T.I.F. Funds

Public Works Projects
Supervisor.......................................$2,547.26
John Rosenbarger
Yearly Income - $66,228.76

CDBG Fund

Concentrated Code Enforcement
Inspector.........................................$1,380.65
Yearly Salary - $35,896.90
Position open

Econ. Dev. Fund/Plan Comm/
Redevelopment

Deputy Mayor/Director of
Community Development.................$3,269.25
Carl Malysz
Yearly Income - $85,000.50

____________________
Douglas B. England, Mayor
City of New Albany

Source: Public Records

Freedom Of Speech would like to say:
City employees salaries must be approved by September 30 for the upcoming year.

IC 36-4-7-3 states: City Employees Compensation

(b) Subject to the approval of the city legislative body, the city executive shall fix the compensation of each appointive officer, and other employees of the city. The legislative body may reduce but, may not increase any compensation fixed by the executive.

A-07-43 Was approved on September 20, 2007 to approve city employees salaries for the year 2008.

How can the City Council change or amend the salaries for the year 2008 that were approved by Sept. 30, 2007 which complies to IC 36-4-7-3?

Even Mrs. Garry stated December 27, 2007: She was told by Mr. Pride from State Board of Accounts that they can do this by 2007 but not in 2008.

Source: Public Records

Freedom of Speech would like to ask:
How many more of these position deals is England going to make for his political buddies? Did you read the Courier - Journal article that stated that England gave former Mayor Garner a temporary position with a car while Garner is job hunting? The article stated that this 30 day position would pay Garner about $6,000.00. Our math tells us that about $6,000 x 12 months = about $72,000 per year. If you are in need of a job, just go on down to the "Speak Easy" our new Mayor's office.

We, the people,
We, the voters,
Have been lied to.

call :502-523-5726
ask new Mayor Deputy Doug why he lied to us about "not giving" James Garner a job!