Commissioners approve raises
April 2, 2013 - 2:21 pm
Clark County commissioners decided Tuesday to give themselves a raise.
Their annual salaries will rise from $72,488 to $80,008 by January.
The vote was 5-2, with Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak and Commissioner Larry Brown voting against the increases.
The salaries for commissioners will increase by giving commissioners the annual 4 percent pay raises that were planned for 2009 and 2010. Those raises were suspended as the economy tanked.
The raises also restore a 2 percent pay cut that commissioners decided to take in 2011.
The pay increase isn’t immediate. Under the plan, commissioner salaries will increase in July to $76,930. That’s the level their pay would have increased to in 2009 without the recession.
In January, commissioner pay will increase to $80,008, the 2010 salary level.
The 2009 and 2010 salary levels for commissioners were approved and scheduled in 2007.
The salary schedule has a provision that allows commissioners to opt out of raises if they desire.