Posted on my website is a “Citizens Satisfaction Survey” that I placed there to gauge the effectiveness of city services in order to improve upon those services when the need arise.
Today I received the following message through the survey: “The salaries of city employees should not be posted on the internet. It is just asking for identity theft”.
In early August, I posted here on “The Mayor’s Blog” the salary schedule of all city employees including the city commission and myself. There was no pertinent information listed within the schedule such as social security numbers, date of births or street addresses to cause one to be overly concerned about identity theft. The only information listed on the schedule was the name of the employee, the department where they work and a breakdown of the amount that you the taxpayer pay toward their salary.
In fact, the purpose of initiating this blog was to bring transparency to our city government, one of the issues I brought forth during my campaign for Mayor. I truly believe that an open and transparent government hold elected officials and their staff accountable and provide for fewer opportunities for abuse of the public’s trust.
Employee’s salaries are part of the expense of running a City, as such; they are subject to public review.
At any rate, to dispel any concerns over identity theft, I have posted here my salary schedule as Mayor and as a county employee, which are both part of the public record.
What’s good for the goose, is also good for the gander!
With that said, as soon as they become available, I will post here the employee salary schedule for fiscal year 2008-2009, alone with a digital copy of the City’s 2007 Annual Audit Report”.
My Salary Schedule
Today I received the following message through the survey: “The salaries of city employees should not be posted on the internet. It is just asking for identity theft”.
In early August, I posted here on “The Mayor’s Blog” the salary schedule of all city employees including the city commission and myself. There was no pertinent information listed within the schedule such as social security numbers, date of births or street addresses to cause one to be overly concerned about identity theft. The only information listed on the schedule was the name of the employee, the department where they work and a breakdown of the amount that you the taxpayer pay toward their salary.
In fact, the purpose of initiating this blog was to bring transparency to our city government, one of the issues I brought forth during my campaign for Mayor. I truly believe that an open and transparent government hold elected officials and their staff accountable and provide for fewer opportunities for abuse of the public’s trust.
Employee’s salaries are part of the expense of running a City, as such; they are subject to public review.
At any rate, to dispel any concerns over identity theft, I have posted here my salary schedule as Mayor and as a county employee, which are both part of the public record.
What’s good for the goose, is also good for the gander!
With that said, as soon as they become available, I will post here the employee salary schedule for fiscal year 2008-2009, alone with a digital copy of the City’s 2007 Annual Audit Report”.
My Salary Schedule
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