04/07/2006: "Citizens Salary Commission Appointments Complete"

The San Juan County Charter requires that the salary of all elected officials be set by members of a duly-appointed, independent, Citizens Salary Commission. Previous Story

One person from each district was randomly selected for appointment to the Citizens' Salary Commission by the County Auditor, and those names were then adopted by the County Council. Previous Story The Charter requires one person each from the fields of business, personnel management, legal profession and organized labor to be appointed to the Citizens' Salary Commission by the County Administrator, with approval by the San Juan County Council.

The Auditor appointments for positions number 1 through 6, and the County Administrators appointments for the four professional positions are as follows:

Dist. No. 1……………………Wilma D. Munsey……….….12-31-07
Dist. No. 2……………………John B. Marx……………..….12-31-09
Dist. No. 3……………………Mimi Westphalen…………..12-31-07
Dist. No. 4……………………Thomas Mitchell Jones…....12-31-09
Dist. No. 5……………………Lorinda Roland……………...12-31-07
Dist. No. 6……………………Sandy Wyllie-Echeverria....12-31-09
Business…………………...…James Lett…………………..12-31-07
Personnel Management......Randy J. Cornelius……..…12-31-09
Legal Profession……….…..Anthony Vivenzio………...12-31-07
Organized labor………....…Michael Soltman………....12-31-09

The new Salary Commission will set the salary of the County Council, and all of the other elected officials, by following the procedure spelled out in State law (RCW 36.17.024. § 10.40(1) and (2)). The law requires that the CC will receive "a salary for the services required of them by law, or by virtue of their office… commensurate with their duties and shall be set by a duly appointed Citizens' Salary Commission.", but in no case can the CC salary be less than $9,400.00.