HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/4/2020 Item 9, Ulz
Wilbanks, Megan
From:Eva Ulz <
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To:E-mail Council Website
Subject:Support incremental pay increases for elected/appointed officials
Dear Mayor and City Council:
I am writing in support of sensible pay increases for San Luis Obispo's elected and appointed officials
based on COLA as well as market-rate data from similar communities. I appreciate the public perception
issues that pay increases for elected officials can have, especially when the city is facing budget
shortfalls and especially in an election year. And I know it can be tough to justify voting for a benefit that
will accrue directly to yourselves.
But it is only good sense to address these increases incrementally and with regularity. Coming from the
cultural nonprofit field, I know only too well the strain that chronically under-funding human resources
can put on the very people who nourish an organization. Then, when it finally catches up and needs to
be dealt with in order to retain existing staff or hire new people, the sticker shock of making those
delayed increases more greatly impair the organization's finances than if small increases had been made
all along.
Please don't put off making a small needed increase now that will only cause more problems down the
road, either for the current council or for those who are elected later! You wouldn't delay making a
needed, even if unpopular, increase in compensation for city staff. Don't delay making one for another
group of people working hard to ensure our city's success.
Sincerely,
Eva (Ulz) Fina
evaulz@gmail.com
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