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Math

Fact: The Village of Stockbridge is facing a "current overall budgeted operational deficit of $173,078.00 and elimination of non-mandatory services." [see Village Meeting Packet for 11/7/2011, page 55]

Fact: At last night's Village Council Meeting YOUR Village council members voted to do the following:

1. Compensate Clerk Sadwoski $550.00 for performing the duties of the treasurer for three weeks.
2. Compensate Clerk Sadowski an additional $160.00 per week for taking over the duties of payroll for Village employees. This brings Clerk Sadowski's current salary (yes, salary - he was made an exempt employee) to $800.00 per week.
3. Voted to change Village Office hours to 8:00 am - 3:00 pm due to a lack of business after 3:00 pm.
4. Voted to make a mandatory one hour lunch break (un-paid) for all Village employees.
5. Voted to hire a new part time Treasurer who will work a maximum of 20 hours per week at a pay rate starting at $12.00 per hour, but not to exceed $15.00 per hour.
6. Voted to add an additional $25.00 fee for water/sewer shut off notices.
7. Voted to charge a $100.00 transfer fee for Oaklawn cemetery plots.

Show of hands: How many people think this math makes sense?
Show of hands: How may people have had an $8320.00 raise in the past year? Past 5 years?
Show of hands: How many people received said raise after having their hours cut? *
Show of hands: How many people just want to vomit?

* Clerk Sadowski's exempt status requires him to perform 32 hours of work. The new office hours total 35; subtract the mandatory one hour lunch break, to equal 30 hours. Thus, we are paying more money for less hours.
We can't do this math. It makes our head hurt.