The City is in the process of hiring another $100,000 a year employee. He or she will be joining six other employees who also earn $100K or more. In that group, three are actually making over $110,000 a year. The position currently being filled is that of Director of Planning and Development.

Waiting in the woods is an eighth addition to the $100K club; an Assistant City Manager. Below the $100K group, there are sixteen employees in the eighty to one hundred thousand club.

The elected City Council will not stop the creation of the positions or the establishment of such salaries. Why? Simply put, the current members do not want to take any such action. They have the power per the Charter and the Municipal Code but they do not want to interfere in the City Manager's discretion. Enough, I say.

With half of the eight council member seats up this election, it might be wise to avoid filling what might be temporary positions at those salaries. Let's be fair to the applicants and their families.