Herndon Council to DOUBLE their paycheck (Vienna: salary, live in, bills)

[leighland]

Town of Herndon has a meeting next month to double their paychecks.
Currently, Council members are paid about 3000$ annually and the Mayor is paid 6000$ per year.
They propose to give themselves a raise.
6000$ annual for council members
12000$ for the Mayor
They will meet on Tuesday, April 5 and Tuesday, April 19 to debate and vote.
They remain part time public servants and are cranky that Vienna/FCC/FFXCity are paid much more
Complaints will be accepted at
town.clerk@herndon-va.gov

public announcement here
[URL="https://www.herndon-va.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/16146/637830401154400000"]https://www.herndon-va.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/16146/637830401154400000[/URL]

[z28lt1]

I don't live in Herndon, so I don't have any feelings or "say" in the matter. I just want to point at that as is common in these things, they are proposing to give the next mayor and council members a raise as the existing council members and mayor will not receive a raise while in office.

[spencgr]

ok...so there are 6 council members, so the increase would be $18k annually. And another $6k to the Mayor, so a total of $24k annually. Assuming this spend is not offset somewhere else, that is essentially $1 for every resident of Herndon.

I can't believe it was so low to begin with. These people spend a lot of their time serving on the council, and at $250 per month (current rate), it is essentially a volunteer position. Heck, even at $500 per month....

[Flamingo13]

IMO (I don't live in Herdon) - I don't see a problem with it.

[RestonS]

Assuming they put in just 5 hours each week into their roles in the town, that means they are currently compensated at about $11.50 per hour. I would think that they put in at least that many hours in meetings and answering emails alone.



Even doubling that to $23 per hour seems rather low. I don't really understand the problem with it.

[tgbwc]

I don’t live in Herndon, but I also don’t see this as much of an issue. I’m curious to know when was the last time the compensation was raised.

[getatag]

Originally Posted by z28lt1

I don't live in Herndon, so I don't have any feelings or "say" in the matter. I just want to point at that as is common in these things, they are proposing to give the next mayor and council members a raise as the existing council members and mayor will not receive a raise while in office.

You wisely mention the most important part of the vote. They are NOT voting a raise for themselves, only for the next "generation" of council members.

[skeddy]

The council controls a 55 million dollar budget in Herndon and people are complaining if they receive 12K a year to do it? lmao

[LakeLifePA]

I'm OK with this. Those people are basically paid volunteers. Herndon is a big town. Please pay them.

Originally Posted by skeddy

The council controls a 55 million dollar budget in Herndon and people are complaining if they receive 12K a year to do it? lmao

Right, the OP conveniently didn't mention that.

[leighland]

Wow. Im gonna run for council so i can vote to double my untethered salary.
Someone tell Ted Cruz and AOC to rush in bills to double their paychecks, stat!
Government job raises are fine , even for Part Timers, but should be on a fixed public schedule.
Maybe raise amounts linked to the annual percentages to Fed Employees which I think was around 3% in 2021