Comments on: Cecil County Council Splits on Any Pay Raise for new Sheriff; County Exec Asks Smaller Boost than Retiring Sheriff Janney Proposed

By: Joe C

Joe C — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:20:14 +0000

Had modest increases been programed into the salary in years past we would not be in this situation today. I would think that increases tied to the cost of living index would be warranted for all employees. We need to stop this situation where department begs and increase. Everyone should be treated the same. Now there would have to be a kick out if economic conditions are bad.

Hodge knows that there will be huge tax and fee increases in 2016 to pay for the run away spending and debt increase of $70 million dollars. I agree the raise should be phased in for now and when economic conditions improved perhaps some salary incentives could be added. I would like to see incentitives for reducing drug and drug related crimes. Many professionals are paid using base salary plus incentitives. Time to think out of the box.

By: David W

David W — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 01:36:28 +0000

The only thing transferring money to the Sheriff’s office does is give control of that money to the Sheriff. The Sheriff is a separate elected official and does not report to the County Executive. Accountability? Transparency? Once every four years.

By: Ron Lobos

Ron Lobos — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:36:28 +0000

I sometimes wonder, when different departments ask for increases in salaries and budgets, why our County Council and County Executive don’t ask for something in return. In the private sector, business is done this way. It’s called quid pro quo.

We might want to ask that the next sheriff be required to spend at least 20 hours a week in his county supplied office. This would serve more than anything to raise the level of respect his men have for him….I would like to encourage our elected officials to start asking more of our county departments instead of just being an audience to the requests for more and more money. It might be nice to see our elected officials conduct budget matters like the money being spent is coming directly out of their own pockets instead of our pockets.