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.
Shut up already sheepie
Are any of your posts truthful.. NOT… The stock market has been hitting record highs under Biden.. DUH
Did you see the democrat idiot interview on cnn when asked about Trump’s job stats and she launched in the presser packet of “Trump lies so much I don’t believe one thing he says” then media interviewer rebutted it was the government’s stats and she still didn’t believe it because Trump said it? (Deleted by editor)Duh? WTF? Gen Z and Millennial women ignorant by what average???????????? Dumb asses. Cabal Harris wouldn’t have you in her house or let you be her horrible step kids friends – you and your friends way below her pathetic social scales!
Time to hold Biden Harris accountable for de fraud ing the nation, go find out who’s in charge? What’s Pentagon doing with Austin’s cancer?
what that white fat blob of velveeta Walls bring us , Loser ticket , she lies he lies Joe Biden lied Pelosi lied Obama lied
Who in their right mind would give Harris a promotion to the executive office when she’s a dismal failure? Im a POd party member that doesn’t like the fact she was never voted on by any of us? She was anointed by those in charge of Joe and her because like Joe she’s a puppet of the elitists. She betrayed us about Joe Biden! She couldn’t get elected by the US except if he dragged her over the line by being a VP if he died in office during a second term OR was Articled out for dementia. You voters are being manipulated by elitists. Fools.
Black women know Harris not black raised or schooled by her India mama got pregnant and her parents hated each other and had nasty divorce and her mama got out of California cause she didn’t want black influences. Ask her daddy and he’ll set you straight about her. Harris has no morals like Trump and she definitely can’t handle being President.
Tonight’s debate is the first time VP Kamala Harris has dared to be questioned in her entire career. She’s slept way through most of it. .
# NO DEMOCRATS 2024
Vote Trump to stop Harris Hate.
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West Sedona Dave OMG STFU
Stop defending her hatefilled lies already
It just makes you look ridiculous at this point
She’s been verified a loser by Democrats Republicans Independents you name it for past years
It matters that she doesn’t support America
And you are a deadbeat idiot without a good education. Just sayin.
Heard discussed on stock market news today that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris went to Pennsylvania site of 9-11 crash for the 9-11 memorial and not one sound from the crowd —— like the media tape they played and the commentators said about Biden and Harris arrival “that the crickets even had left the building” but when Donald Trump drove up the crowd started respectfully applaud and call out support for him. Listen to the tapes that were suppressed from news cycles that say.
It was very embarrassing for the President and VP candidate ——- this was about 9-11 not candidate politics and proves Trump is good for democracy and Biden Harris are bad for having lied to keep their power.
R u implying former Prez Trump is a victim of a Biden Harris coup? Clinton Obama Biden coup? Oprah and other koolade Democrats coup? Global UN coup? Iranian Palestinian Congressional Squad coup? FBI CIA Russian China coup? What if it’s not a coup? Facts make the people smarter and this land is our people’s and its citizens are its government. If we elected the wrong people we unelect them at the ballot box in November. We don’t elect people who don’t believe in our Constitution or its democracy and our uniqueness to fight for liberty and freedom.
Are you registered to vote? The country needs informed voters.
IMO Kari is a Reagan Republican who wants nothing more than to see our nation grow on a better path.
She started her career as a journalist as an intern at a local news station in college, and not even 3 years later, she made her way to anchor.
And don’t think the job was handed to her – Kari got to where she was at an early age because she understands the definition of hard work.
While dedicating years to revealing the truth and uncovering news stories, in 2020, she had the honor of interviewing President Trump, who motivated her to do more.
Kari quit her job and threw her hat in the ring for Arizona governor and lost by less than1%! A recount lawsuit failed and court dragged case out for months.
Kari Lake would have been better than Hobbs. Life in Arizona before Biden Harris was better than it is today. Biden Harris fooled the people deliberately and kept the Federal and State governments hidden from voters public scrutiny.
Return us to normal happy lives and a workable democracy. Vote Kari and get Hobbs out of office and give us back a state government that listens to the people about closing the border wall to gangs and cartels and criminals and unvetted people not here to be law abiding hardworking Americans.
Ya think?
I’ve heard about Ohio’s illegally here except from Kamala Harris lmao she let the in bc Joe don’t know nothin bout nothin
Demand journalists be held accountable on MSNBC NBC CBS CNN CNBC Alphabet Soup News not worth the price or the content lmao
No it’s not lying a Donald Trump, it’s lying Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and their psycho helpers in government and psycho silent Democrat citizens lmao
We’re choosing Kari Lake over dried up old crone Hobbs. Vote Lake Life for Arizona to choose beauty over sprawl.
Forget cars dogs what about lady killed by drunk illegal driving a car running her over bringing trash can inside?
What about murdered moms and kids in states randomly chosen from neighborhoods needs stopping (?) put drones over illegals and make sure they obey rules or face deportation
I do think and I do reason. Kamala Harris can’t because she’s stupid as a rock. Couldn’t even pass the bar and woke up as AG and VP and the most despised VP in history and we know nothing about her but Obamas and Clintons do?
Criminals and gang members deportation is a given, you and me can’t be paying to keep crooks and gang members in good lives when they need rotting in their country prisons and no way you get our gums to protect ourselves while government gives them to crooks and gang members.
Democrats are to blame for the attempts on Donald Trump and Joe Biden to bring about a complete collapse of our democracy and economy. Wake up people, you’re being played. The worst thing about that is that you know it and don’t care and when they come for you like they’ve done in Russia, China, Iran and others, you will be the first to disappear and the rest of us will take your stuff.
Racist pigs democrats in Nevada calling Afghanistan veterans vile names and Sam Brown is one of them. They call this warrior nearly burned alive hateful names and funded hate campaign against him. Why? Because he’s running as a Republican. They hate him for being a man wanting fiscal restraint in an America tipping over in debt that will destroy us. Be ashamed if you’re a Democrat any longer.
mama says Kamlayaway gets away with (deleted by editor) because she thinks people asking her s@@@ aren’t worth answering they too dark says mama.
Watch her shifty eyes and disgusted looks – sheholds mikes and puts her hands up to keep away the close by mouthy freaks.
Notice at black reporters group she lined black reporters onto a small couch disrespecting them never answering their questions , not one question, she told a boldface lies.. Not one of them will vote for her and neither will you if half a brain.
https://karilake.com/ (Offsite link) to donate to save Arizona from California influences Go ahead and Write checks to keep California out of Arizona life.
Trump is smarter and better at governing than Harris who’s been running the country with help since the Biden Harris Election Day, a sham on this nation. Hold her accountable for lying for 3 plus years to us that shows she wants to be a dictator.
Kari Lake signed the no new taxes pledge. Vote against this woman of color and you’re a racist xenophobic hypocrite. Vote Kari Lake and send an Arizona woman to the Senate.
President Biden and Vice President Harris have vowed to raise taxes: they have both repeatedly pledged to “eliminate”, “get rid of”, “repeal” and “reverse” the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which cut taxes for all Americans.
New candidates sign the Taxpayer Protection Pledge regularly. For the most up-to-date information on these races or any others, please visit the ATR Pledge Database (find it on the web).
For first time Teamsters 1.3 million members of labor unions not promoting Harris and telling members vote your own way indicating they know polled unions members want Trump because Republicans support their goals. They don’t like Harris or Walz for any reason on any labor policy. Follow the Teamsters and understand it’s about the economy and crime and quality of life stupids.
Haya Sedona, This morning 405 voted for the presidential candidates to get equal protection as sitting the sitting President in election cycles, 26 votes were noted as absent, zero voted against the bill. Same number should vote for Save Pur (The) Vote for Citizens Act.
Harris as President means?
Open-borders. Massive tax hikes. Price controls. Court-packing. Weaponizing the government against political opponents. Censorship. More foreign policy disasters. I could go on all day…But we can avoid all that by sending her to a public school in California and a neighborhood where people love their lawns like she does.
SpaceX saved the lives of many astronauts with its putting them and their catastrophe first. Thanks Musk for giving money to these genius people to get together to think and reason and create and get out from under Democrat government controllers and save the world from Harris small minded big government world conspiracy. Vote with your brain and not for an ass.
Hispanic and Angelenos and Latinos: If Kamala Harris wins: Democrats will have full control to ram through any radical policy she wants. She’s not a good person and she hates us. This Californian walking away from Democrats in America and want you to join the rest of us.
(Offsite link). What do you think folks? Time to take a stand? Maybe you ought to share this too?
https://catholicvote-org.revv.co/20240917-t-sms-horrific-fact-about-kamala?utm_campaign=000000000005002&utm_medium=text&xuno=464c455833353235&recurring=true&ex_tid=20240921_ScillaSC-BP-M8.115217_media-is-hiding-this_t1549462-2779 (Offsite link)
We need to PASS THE SAVE ACT. Which Congress can still do by attaching it to the next continuing resolution or force a government shutdown.
The SAVE Act will:
1. Protect American voters.
2. Prevent the 30+ MILLION illegal aliens from voting in and dictating the outcomes.
3. Mandates proof of citizenship to establish eligibility to vote in federal elections.
4. Combat the “Motor Voter” law which makes it easy for noncitizens (legal & illegal) to vote.
5. Require the Sepreme Court to require state officals to verify citizenship.
6. Stop the 10% to 27% of non-citizens that are ILLEGALLY registered to vote in the US.
7. Require states review existing federal voter-registration files and remove all non-citizens.
(Offsite link). https://www.facebook.com/reel/408690455365724?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v (Offsite link)
Not so fast!
The Diabolical “Save Act” Puts Americans in Chains
(Offsite link) https://newswithviews.com/the-diabolical-save-act-puts-americans-in-chains/ (Offsite link)
Damn it seems we were gobsmacked by the wording of this Save the Vote Act, it’s time for changing or edit of its wording, with full nonpartisan analysis of need because if there are laws that prevent illegals from being registered, then what the he’ll enforce them. Appreciate feedback comment. SedonaEye gives space to hear and sound off grateful they keep it up. Getting tired of this Christian turning other cheeks faces with deceit. Need karma.
Leading Candidate REVEALED – HUGE Upset!
Polling data released by the Teamsters union reveals that President Donald Trump is far ahead of Kamala Harris in terms of member support for the 2024 presidential race. Go teamsters! Trump has never been a nazi or wannabe dictator and we all know it. Even Oprah?
Vice President Harris not getting the intelligent voters on campus. She alone has responsibility for our nation’s border drugs and gangs taking over our country.
Her supporters here are being cancelled as questions about her qualifications and integrity are discussed and campus organizations keep pushing for no accountability by her or the people serving her.
The solutions to this administrations self made problems have brought our universities to hate filled campuses.
Vice President has been an abject failure for three and a half years in her position. It’s not been President Biden in charge, but her and others in White House and outside elected officials and they’ve dismally failed the youth of this nation with support for anti semitism and anti white and anti black and anti brown students and our families and friends.
Vice President Harris will you answer to this? You and Mrs. Biden and your Cabinet and staffers knew President Biden was not functioning as America’s leader. It was impossible not to know.
Therefore, many say you failed to uphold your oath to protect the nation in order to protect your and others personal desires to hold absolute power, and how do you respond?
A follow up question is in California when you were Attorney General is it true that you were known as easy on Asian crimes and excessively hard on black and white crimes and how does your socialist worldview impact your behaviors and preferences for Chinese and Russian forms of governance?
You have been recorded as saying we aren’t smart and you support placing us in group dormitories. We take umbrage to your sweeping dismissal of us and we know a (choice) is now in our own hands instead of yours. You may have had abortions and so may have we, but Roe vs Wade power has been handed to us and not the federal government. Women were given more power and rights under former President Trump who also is a loud supporter of women and families choosing IVF and abortion and during debate VP Harris was wrong saying former President Trump was against it. We question why VP continually gets her facts wrong and is that a deliberate lie to subvert our youth votes?
Vote 2024.
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Pennsylvania has the highest rate of inflation in the nation under Biden administration. Pennsylvania has paid 8% more YEAR OVER YEAR since Harris came into office. Teamsters voting for Trump too. Get smart.
Democrats promised and Trump delivered. President Reagan said Hispanics are Republicans only they don’t know it yet. Trump wants a merit based immigration system that allows immigrants who’ve been here for 5 years or more working and paying taxes and who have American born children to be fast tracked for citizenship.
Democrats wants to scatter immigrants around to dilute their voices and keep them from getting jobs and education and sapping government welfare.
This year we know it. This year Republican Party is the party of Hispanic Americans.
Baa baa black sheep Kamala Harris is Asian and Jamaican with absolutely no black history garbage. Fake jive accent.
Heard it from DC and social media that records and emails exist that ABC colluded with Harris and her campaign to rig the debate against Donald Trump, ABC agreed to her stipulations including only filming her good side and split screening when Trump was asked a question but not while she was being filmed, and they deliberately ignored when she lied and attacked him for already debunked falsely attributed allegations and “positions” under the guise of “fact checking” which were entirely untrue.
Several times the reporters deliberately sabotaged Trump and let her skate by revealing like on Oprah that she’s incapable of deep thought or reasoning. Her ineptness was frightening. ABC needs to be fined and its debate reporters fired or removed to Texas border town desk duty to try and find reality and integrity instead of virtual ignorance.
Democrats in Senate almost unanimously killed the Save Act not even fixing language to keep certain rights of citizen voters intact. Democrats have proven they want illegals and those theyve signed up as Democrats to harvest votes via mail and canvassing for ballot drop offs. Philadelphia trunks filled with ballots made out for Democrats and truckloads of abandoned ballots prove otherwise. You need to vote in person Republicans and vote straight tickets to get rid of the swamp rodents in DC now. Democrats voted to shut down government again and we can’t trust postal workers to deliver our mail after they voted to support Harris. Scary what your postal worker knows about you if they spy on what and who you get mail from for government? Government employees should not be allowed to unionize and or pledge support for candidates, they can’t represent nonpartisanship and fairness.
NANCY PELOSI
MAXINE WATERS
HAKEEM JEFFRIES
They’ll all be in charge if we fail to hold our majority.
Team Johnson has identified five districts that will be CRUCIAL to denying them absolute power over Congress.
WE MUST WIN in AZ-06.
WE MUST WIN in NE-02.
WE MUST WIN in NY-22.
WE MUST WIN in CA-27.
WE MUST WIN in OR-05.
Not sure who said it first, go teach others that you can make a lie out of the truth, but you can’t make the truth out of a lie. VP Kamala Harris was the Border Czar, truth. Trump is responsible for the failures of the Biden Harris administration and policies, lie.
Take it from there, people.
To my former colleagues and family,
Californians must vote for Steve Garvey, a known truthful genuine hardworking kind of person. Baseball hero and great believer in diversity, low to no taxes, and stands on solid ground unlike slinky faced Adam Schiff, a man of extremely low character.
If you’re tired of outrageous taxes to help gangs and cartels and politicians, vote Steve Garvey. I’m begging you.
Black Republican and Basketball Star Athlete, Royce White always challenged the status quo. That means the Industrial Media Complex and the Radical Left has always attacked him for his free-thinking beliefs.
Running for Senate in Minnesota to defeat one of the Radical Left’s top elites, Amy Klobuchar, and if he wins, it will be a major blow to the Democrats’ ability to force us to our knees to Sharia and DOJ and local weaponized court systems.
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