I believe that the cap involved affects all public officials in the state. All salaries must be a certain percentage of the Governor's salary. Local fiscal policies are not the constraint in this instance.
Matt Bower Nokomis > -----Original Message----- > From: Pamela Taylor [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 9:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Mpls] Pay cap affects candidate pool > > If Minneapolis had not done so much subsidizing of big businesses, and then > leaving the taxpayers to pick up the eventual tabs, they might have had more > money in their pockets to go shopping with. > > They may just have to set their sights a little lower, and get some > up-and-coming individual who is not as well known, to put our library on the > map. They don't need to be changing any laws because the previous > administration screwed up royally. Now is the time to be fiscally prudent > and act responsibly. > > Pamela Taylor > (Tampa) > > I don't defend or criticize the Library Board's situation, but I want to > point out that this is a significant issue for other jurisdictions as well. > The arbitrary salary cap, which does not exist in most other states, makes > it difficult for Minnesota to attract candidates from other areas of the > country where salaries are MUCH higher. While I agree that salary alone does > not insure top performance, the cap does endure that the pool of qualified > candidates we attract is smaller than it would be otherwise. This is not > necessarily a good thing. The cap also provides a powerful incentive for > jurisdictions to seek devious but legal ways to enhance the non-competitive > salaries they offer through perks that can strike the citizenry as more > noxious than a higher salary might be. > > This has been a significant issue in the selection of school superintendents > for a long time. It doesn't surprise me that it's come up in the Library > search. > > Ann Berget > Kingfield > > > > _______________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@;mnforum.org Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
