Annual Salary for City Clerk 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988

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BEVERL.IE J. BECK President EUGENIA BRABOY Vice - President JOSEPH T. SERGE Chairman, Committee of the Whole JOSEPH T. SERGE First District EUGENIA BRABOY Second District BEVERUE J. BECK Third District ANN B. PUZZELLO Fourth District ROBERT G. TAYLOR Fith District THOMAS ZAKRZE.WSKI Sixth District BEVERLY D. CRONE At Large AL B. PASZEK At Large CITY ®f SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL 441 COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 January 18, 1984 Area 219 284.9321 South Bend Common Council County -City Building South Bend, IN 46601 Dear Council Members: This bill establishes the annual salary for the City Clerk to cover the years 1985 through 1988. According to data based upon a survey in 1982, South Bend ranked fourth from the bottom, out of eighty -nine reporting municipalities throughout the Nation, in terms of what it pays the City Clerk. It has also been shown that South Bend ranks second from the bottom out of nineteen Midwest cities with regard to the salary it pays for the services of the City Clerk. The proposed salary for 1985 is still more than 10% below the average salary paid to city clerks in other midwestern municipalities of our size. In addition, the 1985 proposed salary is still more than 35% less than what it would need to be in order to purchase the same amount of goods and services that the clerk's salary of $12,000 purchased in 1968. JOHN VORDE Those of us who work closely with the At Large office realize the tremendous amount KATHLEEN CEKANSKI- FARRAND required by the job and have gained a Council Attorney for the expertise that is necessary t legal aspects of the Clerk's job. City Clerk's of responsibility n appreciation o fulfill the This bill begins the process of bringing the the City Clerk's salary into parity with the salaries of other City Clerks in midwestern cities, and more importantly, with department heads within our own City. As-is the case in some areas, the unrealistically low salary of the City Clerk is causing salary compression with some of the staff working under the Clerk coming very close in salary.