Wednesday, May 27, 2009

City Manager's Income Level...

If you read the data below you can see why the City Manager of Grand Terrace should earn 1/2 of the City Manger of a City like Loma Linda.

We have less community services, We have fewer businesses, and so forth. We have fewer people and homes... and we have much less property and land to take care of.

So I would say in this economy the Offer for the new City Manager should be Capped at 75.000.00 and there should be no raises until all debt and Bonds are paid in full.

Then, the City Staff should get a raise and the lower paid should get a higher percent of income raise than the "Manager".

120 homes are in Foreclosure in Grand Terrace. That is about 300 people and as many as 100 children being removed from our community in part because of the Jump on the Ever Increasing House Prices Band Wagon the City Manager, and Council Supported in the Economic Hype and Lack of Prudent Reasoning of the past 10 years.

All actions attributed negatively to Steve Berry Come home to rest on the Management of Tom Schwab as being his failure to manage as much as Steve Berry...

It is time to rid ourselves of both of them, clean house, and be prudent with the income offered to the next City Manager. If they don't want the job for a reasonable pay, they will get big heads and demand more and more and more and more and we will be back to where we were with the Schwab/Berry Mentality.


Grand Terrace

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 11,626 people, 4,221 households, and 3,051 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,293.6/km² (3,352.3/mi²). There were 4,458 housing units at an average density of 496.0/km² (1,285.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 73.76% White, 4.62% African American, 0.72% Native American, 5.62% Asian, 0.31% Pacific Islander, 9.75% from other races, and 5.23% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.41% of the population.
There were 4,221 households out of which 35.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.1% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.7% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the city the population was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 31.2% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $53,649, and the median income for a family was $61,068. Males had a median income of $41,417 versus $30,491 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,787. About 4.5% of families and 7.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.6% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

NOTE THE INCOME is PRE Economic Crash, and Senior Center Housing to be added... Many folks who "Work" are now getting 1/2 or 2/3 rds of their 2000 income levels.

Loma Linda City Manager New Hire 175.000.00
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 18,681 people, 7,536 households, and 4,498 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,541.7 people per square mile (981.3/km²). There were 8,084 housing units at an average density of 1,099.9/sq mi (424.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 54.18% White, 7.21% African American, 0.49% Native American, 24.38% Asian, 0.18% Pacific Islander, 7.51% from other races, and 6.05% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.33% of the population.
There were 7,536 households out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.7% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 3.09.
In the city the population was spread out with 21.9% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.2 males.The median income for a household in the city was $38,204, and the median income for a family was $45,774. Males had a median income of $36,086 versus $35,096 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,189. About 12.9% of families and 15.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.6% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over