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Commissioners can’t cut pay

   June 3, 2009

The Bay County Commissioners are finding that they can’t cut their salaries. The News Herald reports that the Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to take a 10 percent pay cut starting this October.

Sounds great, right? Escambia County Commissioner Grover Robinson tried a similar move last year. Unfortunately, County Commissioner’s salaries, like those of other constitutional officers (Sheriff, Clerk of Courts, Supervisor of Elections, etc.) are determined by population-weighted formulas set in Chapter 145 of Florida statute.

A legal opinion written by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in May 2008 affirms that county officers can not control their salaries. Read more.

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