THE NUMBERS SIMPLY DON’T ADD UP. SO SAYS PAUL GESSING WITH THE RIO GRANDE FOUNDATION OF THE SANDOVAL COUNTY COMMISSION CONSIDERING 10 PERCENT RAISES FOR SOME OFFICIALS. THE ISSUE WAS CONSIDERED BY COMMISSIONERS THURSDAY NIGHT … AND THEY VOTED AGAINST THE RAISES. GESSING SAYS THE RAISES WOULD HAVE MADE SOME SALARIES MUCH HIGHER THAN THEIR COUNTERPARTS IN BERNALILLO COUNTY, A COUNTY WITH A MUCH LARGER POPULATION.
AMONG THOSE WHO COULD GET A RAISES ARE THE COUNTY SHERIFF, TWO NEW COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND COUNTY CLERK. CURRENT COMMISSIONERS WOULD ONLY GET A PAY RAISE FOLLOWING THE NEXT ELECTION IN 2020.
