Standard-Examiner: Ogden Looks at Salary Options

As we said before, Ogden City Council, don't sell yourselves short

We just perused Scott Schwebke's morning article wherein he reports on the treatment of the major item on last night's city council calender, the Ogden City payroll, which item has now been continued to June 22 , for a full public hearing:

• Ogden looks at salary options

Strangely, somebody (The administration do ya think?) proposes that the Ogden City Mayor's salary should be increased increased by $28,000, which would make the Mayor's base salary ($108,857) slightly higher than the median mayoral salary amongst all five Utah Cities which are organized under Utah Mayor-Council Form of government.

Weirdly though, the City Council's proposed base salary increases would fall about $2,000 short of even the rock bottom of Utah Mayor-Council Form Of Government cities.

Check out our salary data reference point:

• Comparable Salaries of Elected Officials in Utah Mayor-Council Form of Government Cities

We completely agree with Dorrene Jeske's take on this! Elective officer salaries in Ogden City should emulate Murray City, a city that's comparable in population and other key factors:

Murray
Dan Snarr - Mayor - $88,192
Jeff Dredge - Council Person - $13,754
Darren V. Stam - Council Person - $13,754
Jim Brass - Council Person - Not available
Jared A. Shaver - Council Person - $13,754
Krista Dunn - Council Person - $13,754

As we said before, Ogden City Council, don't sell yourselves short.