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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most boards are volunteer positions that get stipends.  The county council is not a board.  [/quote]

Soooo...you are in the "we shouldn't complain, because, after all, they are only a board, not full time or anything" camp?[/quote]

They have full time jobs and the county is paying one good money.  They knew it was basically a volunteer job and choose to do it.  Don’t like the pay, don’t go for it.  [/quote]

Soooo...you are in the "I don't want to pay for what I expect, but I'll keep complaining, anyway" camp?

Or, maybe, the "what I really want is for my idle, independently wealthy associates to be elected in numbers great enough to control the board, so I don't want to attract the competent opposition that might be drawn to run for BOE if reasonable compensation were to be in play for the time needed to do the job well" camp?[/quote]

Who is competent who would run if paid more?   Money is not the issue.  [/quote]

You have no evidence for your opinion.  There is ample research that higher compensation for board members  improves corporate governance by attracting talent and increasing effort towards the role .  [/quote]

In theory, the folks on the board have talent.  Anyone with true talent is going to make far more than what they would pay and aren't going to do the job.[/quote]

Your opinions are not evidence based.  Increasing the salary from $25K for a high profile nearly full-time BOE job to $100K+ which is what MoCo council members make would attract people who would be able to dedicate a full-time level of effort to a challenging public servant role as a substitute for full time employment.  If not you end up with BOE members like  Karla Silvestre who report spending 8 hours of week to provide oversight to a school district with a billion dollar budget, which is pretty sad.[/quote]

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