Comments on: County Proposes Higher Taxes, Less Money for Schools https://capecharleswave.com/2015/04/county-proposes-higher-taxes-less-money-for-schools/ Your Online Newspaper in Cape Charles, Virginia Fri, 07 Aug 2015 21:55:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1 By: Jack Demamp https://capecharleswave.com/2015/04/county-proposes-higher-taxes-less-money-for-schools/#comment-171696 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 13:16:56 +0000 http://capecharleswave.com/?p=16200#comment-171696 Bobby, just up the road in Accomack, the county administratoe is making $123k.

I can guarantee you that there is no county in Virginia that pays its county admin 57k or less as Mr. Dufty believes. Heck, look at job openings on the Virginia Municipal League: Montgomery Co has an opening for an HR Director for 83k, Roanoke Co. is hiring a fire chief in the low 100s, Albemarle Co. is looking for a Director of Social Servicse for 90k-147k, James City Co. is hiring a Senior Budget and Accounting Analyst for 55k+, just to name a few.

It’s a safe bet that the County Admins are making much more than any of those positions listed. If you can find the info, I would bet that you wouldnt find a county admin in VA making less than 90-100k. No one qualified to be a county admin would take that job for the alleged “average salary of 57k”. It’s laughable, and it is more laughable that anyone would believe it to be accurate.

]]> By: Bobby Roberts https://capecharleswave.com/2015/04/county-proposes-higher-taxes-less-money-for-schools/#comment-171685 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 19:56:41 +0000 http://capecharleswave.com/?p=16200#comment-171685 The website above doesn’t list county administrator’s salaries. Those are cities listed, not counties. Go to other county websites and try to find administrative salaries. They aren’t there. County employees don’t want the taxpayers finding out how much they really make. Top county salaries in Northampton are way too high for the government we’re getting lately.

]]> By: Jack Demamp https://capecharleswave.com/2015/04/county-proposes-higher-taxes-less-money-for-schools/#comment-171661 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 16:49:48 +0000 http://capecharleswave.com/?p=16200#comment-171661 Editor, thanks, hadn’t seen that. I still would like to see the numbers that show Nunez makes more than most county admins in the state though (averages can be skewed due to a few outliers, after all.) I’m also curious as to what “Simply Hired” lumps in with county administrators. After following your link, if you click their link for “county adminstrator”, it takes you to a list of 231 “county administrator jobs” that are currently being advertised…some of these “county administrator jobs include:
science teacher, special education supervisor, commercial systems administrator, mid level system administrator, planner v, etc.

If those jobs are being counted in with the salary figure that they give for county administrator, then their figures are horribly wrong.

Salary Expert, updated today, has numbers that are more realistic for County Administrator positions
http://www.salaryexpert.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=browse.county-administrator-salary-data-choose-location&state=va&show=state&positionid=76795&dsp=city

All good points, to which we will add one more: the Wave never purported to characterize anyone’s salary; we merely reported what was stated at a public meeting (and which was also reported by the Eastern Shore Post and Shore Daily News). –EDITOR

]]> By: Jack Demamp https://capecharleswave.com/2015/04/county-proposes-higher-taxes-less-money-for-schools/#comment-171654 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:43:03 +0000 http://capecharleswave.com/?p=16200#comment-171654 I would be interested in seeing the numbers behind Ms. Bender’s claim of Mrs. Nunez being paid higher than most county administrators in Virginia.

The Wave reported March 16 that at the March 10 Board of Supervisors meeting, Ken Dufty stated that “In Virginia, the average salary for a County Administrator is $57,000, yet we pay Nunez $120,000. The average for an economic developer is $71,000, and we pay McSwain $107,000.” The website “Simply Hired” currently lists $59,000-$63,000 as the average salary for a county administrator in Virginia. –EDITOR

]]> By: Spencer Murray https://capecharleswave.com/2015/04/county-proposes-higher-taxes-less-money-for-schools/#comment-171628 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:45:10 +0000 http://capecharleswave.com/?p=16200#comment-171628 So let me understand this…..the hospital was given away to Riverside with no strings attached and now the county administrator says we are going to “partner” with Riverside regarding the redevelopment of the existing facilities in Nassawadox. Look out Northampton taxpayers…you are getting ready to get it again. You are going to get to buy back what you already owned with no ER and maybe a 9 to 5 urgent care facility that cannot receive ambulances all of which was predicted five years ago.

]]> By: Deborah Bender https://capecharleswave.com/2015/04/county-proposes-higher-taxes-less-money-for-schools/#comment-171626 Mon, 06 Apr 2015 11:16:26 +0000 http://capecharleswave.com/?p=16200#comment-171626 A lot of the problem with Northampton County is the fact that we have too many employees making far too much money. Our county administrator is overpaid. Katie Nunez is making more money than most county administrators in the STATE! We are one of the poorest counties in the state yet our administrator makes a huge salary. We have an Economic developer named Charles McSwain who hasn’t brought JOB 1 to this county. He is also grossly overpaid. Northampton County has become a CASH COW. The schools NEED more funding PERIOD.
As far as the Public Service Authority goes they need to be disbanded. They are far from a PUBLIC SERVICE authority. They are only looking out for DEVELOPERS who are here to make a buck using the backs of taxpayers.
The citizens of this county need to get together are send this message: WE ARE MAD AS HELL AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!

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