SedonaEye.com columnist Eddie S. Maddock on Sedona city employees salary and additional compensation packages budgeted for 2024.
Sedona AZ – WHAT’S IN STORE FOR 2024?
Boldly and sincerely stated in a video at the opening of City Council meetings is Sedona’s Vision:
“To be a city that is constantly vigilant over the preservation of its natural beauty, scenic vistas, pristine environment and cultural heritage. To be a city that retains its small-town character and creates its manmade improvements in strict harmony with nature. To be a city that is animated by the arts, and lives with a spirit of volunteerism to help achieve our common goals. To be a city that offers equal opportunities for all and fosters a sense of community. To be a city that welcomes and accommodates all of its visitors and future residents with a spirit of fellowship. To be a city that retains and enhances a strong and vital economy which preserves existing lifestyles without exploiting the natural beauty. To be a city that lives up to the challenge of proper stewardship of one of the earth’s great treasures.”
Before proceeding with what may or may not be a surprise to Sedona residents via a Freedom of Information Act, “Douglas Ducey in 2021 was employed in Arizona Governor’s Office and had annual salary of $95,000 according to public records. This salary is 20% higher than average and 36% higher than median salary in Arizona Governor’s Office.” (Phoenix has a population of 1.6 million and pays its City Manager $314,999 annually.)
With the city of Sedona gearing up to prepare its fiscal year 2024 budget, a review of the 2023 budget shows that average budgeted compensation for a city employee is presently $106,174. (Population of Sedona is 9,684 – a decrease from previous years.)
Here is what we pay Sedona city employees:
City Manager Karen Osburn: $183,000. (No change from 2022.)
Deputy City Manager Joanne Keene: $161,850. (A 7.9% increase from 2022.)
City Attorney Kurt Christianson: $155,235. (A 7% increase from 2022.)
Assistant City Manager/Director of Public Works J. Andy Dickey: $155,147. (A 7% increase from 2022.)
Director of Financial Services Cherie White: $153,422. (An 8.4% increase from 2022.)
Chief of Police Stephanie Foley: $135,200. (Foley replaced Charles Husted, who retired last fall; the chief position’s salary is an overall 2% decrease from 2022.)
Magistrate Judge Paul Schlegel: $125,008. (No change from 2022.)
Director of Community Development Steve Mertes: $125,000. (No change from 2022.)
Criminal Prosecutor William Kunisch: $120,443. (An 8% increase from 2022.)
Director of Wastewater Roxanne Holland: $119,061. (A 9.6% increase from 2022.)
Information Technology Manager Chuck Hardy: $117,830. (A 6.8% increase from 2022.)
Assistant Director of Public Works Sandra Phillips: $114,660. (A 4% increase from 2022.)
Human Resources Manager Brenda Tammarine: $114,354. (A 7.6% increase from 2022.)
Transit Administrator Robert Weber: $110,850. (A 10.9% increase from 2022.)
Engineering Supervisor Kurtis Harris: $103,000. (Position vacant in 2022.)
Police Lts. Karl Waak and Scott Martin: $103,000. (A 13.2% increase from 2022. Martin is a new hire, replacing the retiring Sgt. Michael Dominguez.)
Network Engineer, unspecified staff: $102,615. (A 5.6% increase from 2022.)
System Administrator, unspecified staff: $102,614. (A 5.6% increase from 2022.)
GIS Analyst, unspecified staff: $102,014. (A 5% increase from 2022.)
Additional benefits over and above wages include, but are not limited to health, dental, and vision insurance coverage plus countless hours of paid time-off; as offered in ads seeking even more City of Sedona employees.
And this, dear readers, is active even during the uncertainty of a predicted economic recession next year.
Impressive?
Suggestion: Reread the “Vision Statement” and then decide.
Pick a side, Moderates and Centrists.
Taxes have consequences.
@SE.com idiots & Adam Schiff – You’re in the WRONG BALL PARK! CA belongs to STEVE GARVEY and Get the Schiff Out of California!
His name is SAM BROWN.
He should be dead.
He was burned alive by the Taliban for almost a minute straight.
His life should have ended there, on the side of that road in Afghanistan.
Instead it was only just beginning.
With third-degree burns on almost half his body, Captain Sam Brown found himself laying in a hospital bed, staring at the ceiling, unsure of what to do with his second chance at life.
As a graduate of West Point and a combat veteran, he was a leader, but had nobody to lead, and a servant, with nobody to serve, until now.
Captain Brown has once again answered the call to serve, and is running in the most important Senate race in America.
But Joe Biden & Chuck Schumer have over $400 MILLION to blow on disgusting hit pieces against him, and cement themselves in eternal power.
Captain Brown was willing to lay down his life for us in Afghanistan, and he damn near did – so the very least we can do is support him as he answers the call to serve once again.
Join the thousands of American who already support this American hero & contribute any amount you can today. Google his campaign and pay this veteran forward. We need him in Washington DC.
“No matter how much these antisemites cheer Hamas, I will stand with Israel”
–Ted Cruz
For over 6 months, pro-Hamas supporters have been on Ted Cruz’s doorstep.
They stand there, pumping their fists in the air, waving their flags, and shouting anti-semitic slurs.
This disturbance of the peace is happening every week, and their cheers continue to grow louder.
But Ted refuses to give up on Israel, as he knows that we cannot allow history to repeat itself.
We need outspoken leaders like Ted Cruz in office, he can’t be President or VP because he wasn’t born here, but he’s one of our best Latinos in government.
Saw this on television and was gobsmacked to hear what Joe Biden’s daughter seemingly revealed in her private diary.
Childhood trauma, showers with dad, etc. We’ve learned her brother and sister in law and likely others are crack users, that’s childhood endangerment. What was Jill allowing in her household of her stepkids and husband. Dear God, why am I not surprised. NVM it was a rhetorical gobsmack. Lmao
Black fathers belong in the home. Every color father belongs in the home or supporting it financially and emotionally. A Juneteenth message for you.
No Joe
Summer and Fall 2023 riots by BLM and like were the most expensive in our country’s history. They killed innocents and the justice system reeks under Biden.
When Bragg advertises he’s running for office to put Trump in jail, we’re Venezuela and Russia and when Biden son throws his father under the bus, desperation is the word while system knows he’s bad.
fellowship kindness
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Can we throw out the bad chioices by Councils before packing up city?
Two illegals raped 12 yr old girl and mirdered her in Texas yesterday, illegal raped and killed a Georgia college girl practicing sport, illegal raped and killed13 yr old in a park during day in front of 13 yr old friend while they were playing. This one broadcast but hundreds others rapes and killing occurred that same day. You see tattoos you better know what they mean, ask county police and city police. They need to broadcast these images here.
We will defeat you Sam Brown & put open borders and anti Israel and anti military veterans out of government and business. America sucks and needs to put white people in reeducation camps and take their guns and make them do what we say they do and take their houses and businesses if we want them redistributed to diversity means to house homeless. Raise taxes on white people and make them pay for reeducation and pay back for their preferences. Hire no Whites payback.
Egyptians hate Gazans they’re Hamas trained pigs not welcome. Remember 16,000 people die in Japan in 2011.
Yes I really horrible, terrible devilish event that happened to that poor young girl… Perhaps if the Republicans got serious about border security, you …. After that very conservative, Republican Senator took the time to create the Security enforcement act that will put money security enforcement into the border Perhaps this is totally unfortunate godless event would’ve happened.. But then again that would take away far right talking points about border security very sad yes, your boy Trump said no to that. Very tough border security Bill… So you could have a talking point…
Soviets like Chinese rulers, you do what they say you do and they don’t care what you want to do. Old Soviet said if college campus protests would have happened rhey would be killed as examples to town and schools and professors and administrators would have been first to be hanged in front of town. Tanks would crushed the town in middle of night and set fire to it with people locked in buildings to teach other towns and people. Read Russian and Soviet histories. Know what Mao and armies did to citizens in country and in Tiennamen Square. Chinese don’t live in a democracy. Russians don’t live in democracy. They have rulers who rule.
We visit times w/thanks (deleted by editor) bc friends lives in fears of Russias here. Russias hated tgey destroyed ancient drawings civilization 8 thousands before Christos. You buildings vineyards and monasteries and industries and saints lay there under Soviet bulkets, (deleted by editor) look and feels Alizani valley and deserts Dangerous go there Russians programmed educations a dangerously close
Women go take a concealed weapon class before Democrats take your rights away in favor of cartel rule.
Why are journalists being killed in Mexico?
Media workers are regularly targeted in Mexico, often in direct reprisal for their work covering topics like corruption and the country’s notoriously violent drug traffickers.Apr 29, 2024
https://www.cbsnews.com › news (offsite link)
Mexican journalist abducted and killed after taking his daughters to school
Yes please do… The republicans have already taken away you’re RIGHT To pregnancy healthcare now they’re going for your right to preventative contraception.. Don’t think it’s the Democrat s you gotta worry about..
https://youtube.com/shorts/lNGU-487UZ0?si=cp6u3LnWOxuc7ktl (offsite link)
Californians the worst educated in the Americas per polls. They pass legislation to tax themselves to pay reparations WHEN California had no slaves and no one to pay? This Argentinian knows America history and laws.
Pregnancy healthcare is not abortion, abortion is an act against a child’s welfare and his/her mother’s right to a healthy pregnancy, health care is everyone’s responsibility, abortion is not. Take a morning after pill and put those harvesting human babies for profit and science out of business because that’s millions of dollars of money not going to taxpayers. New births mean new taxpayers, and Democrats aren’t wanting to pay for black babies because blacks have the most abortions, a fact versus political fantasy of telling you it’s about losing your rights. Ask a doctor what really goes on with abortions instead of listening to politicians lies.
Sorry Jan wrong again…. California is WAY AHEAD of Arizona when it comes to education. https://wallethub.com/edu/e/most-educated-states/31075.. (offsite link) No one is listening to your FAKE news… you must be “poorly educated” to make yourself feel better about your lack of intelligence by posting such nonsense
China and Russia influenced elections, not conjecture, it’s fact. Russian collusion story was false and fed to us by the same power elites too long in positions of authority and control they’ve become smug and self righteous and dangerous to democracies countries. Term limits are now imperative. Free press is now imperative. Transparency and protected voting is imperative. Return to the states most powers usurped by federal government and Roe v Wade was a powerful correction to self government from tyranny. Keep it up. Take your vote seriously and vote locally for your best interests. Never vote for the federal government to increase its authority over your ability to have personal choice and that includes abortion rights. It’s a false narrative or an outright lie to say women have less rights than they did 50 years ago – we have more except this administration has stripped Title 9 and we need to fix it at the local level – far more important than abortion issues. Title IX was stripped by Biden. Remember that if your wife or daughters or girl friends and family play sports or want to play together without men.
Wallet Hub site????? Must be a California educated idiot. Lmao
Dear God who’s at the switch? Media responsible for this mess because they shoved propaganda down our throats that Joe Biden was in charge when he’s never been and Kamala Harris is a puppet! CNN MSNBC CNBC covered for him so they could stay in power.
Our family of Dems no longer ridin with Biden cuz that man can’t tell truth and is a senile old man looking for a recliner and somebody better take his license away. Trump it is, we did fine when he was Prez no matter what Biden loses and spin doctors try to sell us.
cancel subscriptions of big papers that failed to report facts about President condition
Boycott Democrats 2024 save the nation
I fault the long reporters and spin doctors and politicians who all said Joe was in fine shape while shielding the truth! The unelected staffers and bureaucrats are running the big show and many aren’t qualified for their day jobs. He needs to remove himself from the race now and stop the Democrat lies. The reason Biden is viable is because his minions stoked hate Trump who proved to be a better President than Biden.
Dems engaged in American cultural genocide and of the free world? Ask yourself why and watch 60 Minutes for a piece of an answer. This administration is an ally to a world governed by UN and UN wants DC state to become White House ownership and its federal buildings and then those buildings lose their cultural value and become state property and home to Govenor with the Capitol becoming merely a museum. Think about it because UN is based in NYC and it will relocate to another nation and have satellite offices. Very thought provoking because it’s what Russia has done to its former union.
A good conversation topic for classes and you.
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Lowest in nation!
50. California
@jim west Sedona that wallet site he used proves @Jan for Americans WO Educations point, @@jan he-she skimmed headlines – California is DEAD LAST in high school education on it !!!!!screaming in laughter!!!!!
% of High-School Diploma Holders
Highest
1. Montana
2. Vermont
3. Maine
4. New Hampshire
5. Wyoming
Lowest
T-45. Nevada
T-45. New Mexico
47. Louisiana
48. Mississippi
49. Texas
50. California
California pays outrageous taxes, convinced by poorly educated teachers that thought they’d be famous actors that life is spectacular in California, keep paying and use drugs and feel happy and get welfare and free meals. A great state pays taxes for the lesser knowns like they do in Russia or Sweden or China without telling them other states pay way less and get better educations, better healthcare, safer communities, better weather.
Wake up Arizona you’re becoming CaliCons.
Can President resign?
Scientologists for Trump CLEARLY
“This alignment between media organizations and the government I find to be disgusting…It’s a perfect inversion of what you’re supposed to do. If you’re a journalist, your job is to challenge the power on behalf of the powerless; it is not to align with the powerful against the powerless.” -Tucker Carlson
Appropriate Independence Day mission for United States of America.
I’m not sure you’re ready for truth. No President Biden didn’t have a cold and no he didn’t have jet lag after spending a week at Camp David resort. Fire the press secretary for lying, fire the White House press officers, fire government spokespeople who knew that he was incompetent which appears to prove why President Obama was called in the loop again – these decisions reflect why President Obama was disliked by end of second term and why Obamas like Bush family could not be elected again. Enough is enough!
Hello former President Trump predicted and warned NATO has been proven true and is now truer. Watch the left wingers pass out lying to keep their power. President Trump warned NATO about depending on Russian and Chinese energy and that it would make them weaker and that they needed to contribute to their own defenses by paying for it too!
Left wing media prefers Russia and China over America, and like NYT and WaPo and LAT clamored when President Trump was in office to rely on Russia and China like the UN wants us to do now. The invasion of Ukraine and Israel can be laid at the feet of former administrations of Presidents Obama and current administration Biden including the murders of Americans abroad and in soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Young people today better get their American on. They’ll be standing in food lines and living in tents like they do in China and Russia if we fail to understand basic economics and social constructs. The American culture is envied by people except by fascists and anarchists and totalitarian elites running academia and foreign policy and governments. Wake up and realize why current President is asleep on his couch, his White House is and isn’t running the Big Show. President Trump was a great president and his administration was the best we middle and lower class ever had in our lifetimes. This former California Democrat votes in Arizona and I’m “Over Joe and Kamala too” (appreciate the original comment with that in it). Happy 4th tomorrow with family and friends and long may our flag wave over the land of the free and the brave.
How about we FIRE you for being a sheepie… OH YEA
Clarence Thomas is a hero. Biden‘s white supremacy wants him off the Supreme Court shame on the administration for putting politics over genuine intelligence. Any black person who vote for Biden needs to have a new history lesson review.
A woke comment about AZ being subsidized by CA is grossly overrated for accuracy and context. 67 % of Utah lands are owned by the government and run by a government bureaucrat and agency (BLM). Like AZ lands that can’t be taxed, Utah and other states are owned by DC. Californians should toss out those in power now and figure out why they’re state is way beyond poorly run.
Your kidding right? Guess you are unaware that Mr. Thomas hasnt filed for all the gifts he has received in over ten years? Wow you are clueless!
His wife was part of 1/6, he never recuses himself out of cases that he is part of.
Harlan Crow bought him a $250,000 RV he never had to pay back. Bought his moms home(that she still lives in) and the lot next door to her home.
While the whole tom Mr. Crow had cases in front of the court!
So no idiot it has nothing to do with race, its about corruption….Now be a good little liar and find something else to have a complete uninformed view on, Jack ass!
“I STAND WITH CLARENCE THOMAS!”
Sedona these insane attacks on one of the greatest Supreme Court Justices of our time are only going to grow if we sit back and do nothing. This Democrat anti black march on the Supreme Court must stop, Republican Party must stand up to millions of woke haters trying to put a black man down cause they don’t like his politics. If a Democrat is anti Justice Clarence Thomas, you got yourself a full blown racist like this woke administration. (Deleted by editor)
Not kidding. Get lost you ignorant woke kissing ass & thx K Johnson for speaking up
The left thinks that you can’t be gay and be a Republican.
That you can’t love your neighbor and believe in law and order.
That you can’t stand for freedom and want to secure our southern border.
Well, Alison Esposito is proving them wrong on EVERY. SINGLE. COUNT.
She’s the conservative, former NYPD officer running in one of the most important races in the country.
And she’s driving Dems furious at the fact that she won’t walk in lockstep with their twisted identity agenda.
Unlike the Dems, Alison believes that it doesn’t matter what color you are, where you come from, who you love, or what you look like. What matters is whether you’re proud to call yourself an American.
Right now, leftists are doing everything they can to defeat Alison and stop her soaring momentum in the race for New York’s 18th District.
Go online and send her campaign money to win her race.
I did what you said I sent a nice contribution to Pat Ryan!!!!
WOHO!
Yea its ok now to be gay in the military, but look at this? How do you like crow LAQ?
https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/the-military-gay-ban-why-dont-ask-dont-tell-dont-work (Offsite link – 1993 article)
Paragraph from article says “If homosexuality is incompatible with military service, it should be prohibited outright. Looking the other way when homosexuals seek to join the armed forces sends the message that they are welcome so long as they remain celibate — or do not get caught. Such a policy is disingenuous and unrealistic.”
Seems to me the last sentence got it right. What’s YOUR point? It was disingenuous and unrealistic of Bill Clinton to demand that and it was handled differently in later administrations.
Volcano erupted in Italy again. Pay attention Sedona.
Maybe you should read who I responded to? She actually thinks there is a place for gay women and men in the military but project 2025 is the complete opposite of her opinion and the party she is running on! read buddy, you might learn a little more about the hate that is spreading across the country if you dont fall in line! JFC
Looked into it annd found some of this on sites “…caused the Trump campaign to view it as an annoyance.[50][51]” “On July 5, 2024, Trump publicly distanced himself from Project 2025, saying he “knew nothing about it” and that some of its ideas were “ridiculous and abysmal”.”
Various voices of the Biden administration have spun off points of the project ideals in promises…
It’s not Republican or Democrat embraced. Time to move on with your conspiracy beliefs?