Oxford Township’s supervisor, clerk and treasurer will receive a modest pay increase next year.
The township board last week voted to increase the annual salary of each elected position by 2.6 percent for 2004.
“Generally, the board votes to keep our salaries in line with the cost of living,” said Supervisor Bill Dunn.
Dunn’s annual salary will increase from $53,119 to $54,500 next year while Clerk Clara Sanderson and Treasurer Joe Ferrari will see their incomes rise from $44,227 to $45,377.
Last year, the board voted to increase the three officials’ salaries by 5 percent for 2003.
“Taking anything higher than the cost of living this year wouldn’t have been fair to our residents,” Dunn said. “A lot of people are struggling to make ends meet in these hard economic times.”
Township trustees will receive the same meeting stipends in 2004 as they have for the last three years. The four trustees are paid $100 for each regular and special meeting they attend and $70 for each committee meeting.
Planning commissioners will continue to receive $95 per meeting while the meeting stipends for Zoning Board of Appeals officials will remain at $90 per meeting.
Nine of the township’s 12 employees received pay raises for 2004.
Here are the 2003 and 2004 annual salaries.
n Deputy supervisor – Increased from $34,974 to $36,079
n Deputy clerk – Remained at $39,819.
n Deputy treasurer – Increased from $31,661 to $32,765.
n Zoning/Building Administrator – Remained at $55,296.
n Ordinance Enforcement Officer – Increased from $16,764.80 to $17,871.28.
n Administrative/Executive Assistant for the Oxford sheriff’s substation – Remained at $26,570.
n Administrative Assistant: Clerk’s Dept. – Increased from $28,491 to $29,452.
n Administrative Assistant: Zoning and Planning Commission – Increased from $29,452 to $30,412.
n Administrative Assistant: Building Dept. – Increased from $30,412 to $31,373.
n Assistant to the Treasurer – Increased from $24,472 to $25,326.
n Receptionist – Increased from $24,472 to $25,326.
n Part-time Help in the Clerk’s Dept. – Increased from $23,271 to $24,030.