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.
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Bidenomics numbers came in this week and inflation Bidenomics grew to 3% inflation in January report – welcome Donald Trump taking over end of January. Thanks for getting prisoners home as promised. Sen. Schumer knows it’s Biden numbers but he thinks we’re stupid – a politician pathological lying with TDS. Demand Resignation Schumer – we’ve moved past lying that Joe or Kamala was smart or in charge when it was you and your cronies ruining US. No woke believer here but old centrist Democrat like JFK.
breath of fresh air
Editors tell audience Kennedy Center building & programs OPEN & FREE to public & bldg neglected from overpaid poor management, not a penny care except Trump saving it for poor kids, kudos & celebritards & protestors worthless space heaters.
U.S. State Department under President Trump’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio officially designated the following as Foreign Terrorist Organizations:
– Tren de Aragua
– MS-13
– Sinaloa Cartel
– Jalisco New Generation Cartel
– United Cartels
– Northeast Cartel
– Gulf Cartel
– Michoacán Family
Democrats are the party of the elites.
Terrorists get out of Sedona, business owners better be employing green cards and Everify residents and citizens, police need to check and notify ICE when gang members arrested, homeless go get jobs Sedona has plenty for processed and vetted and citizens and demand living wages when you do. IMO Businesses here have plenty of money that flows out of the city and state. Welcome Kash Patel, 9th FBI director in its history, first hired under Obama administration whose parents came here from Uganda before he was born, is an absolute legendary moment for American freedom. Get on board the freedom train, Sedona
Thank you President Trump for putting America First and what the Canadians don’t buy in orange juice, we will. Remove Canadian Crown Royale from shelves because Canada charges you and me tariffs. No Canadian goods because everything they send us has a tariff they collect from us, buy American goods because they’re better than Canada offers. Wish Canadian snowbirds with their bad Trudeau government stayed home and left us peace and quiet here.
Director of EPA Zelden uncovered $20 Billion Dollars and growing parked in offshore accounts by former Joe Kamala administration for climate nothingthe money went to Stacy Abram? in Georgia and church preachers with no accountability trails. (Deleted by editor) prime time preachers get $$$$ to keep folks in uproars over fake racism speeches demanding congregations hate whites and white no property taxes and reparations oppressions that’s no reality brothers. Catholic charities called out uses money streams from municipalities and governments to promote agendas to help illegals and register their babies for schools church services memberships that (deleted by editor) Democrats called out, WHY churches got $$$$ and black representatives need to call it out for what it is diluting black lives. Black conservatives aren’t fools they empowered and not afraid to step off (deleted by editor) plantation$$$$$
As they said in Australia, Canadians are nothing but 2nd hand Yanks.
Time to remember that the Minnesota county Tim Walz lived and worked for 20 years went for President Trump with about 50% of its votes. Minnesota elected Republicans to have control of its House! For (deleted by editor) sake fellow Democrats WE (deleted by editor) the country and D.O.G.E. train has arrived at the station EFFING GET ON IT BEFORE WE DISAVOW PARTY FOREVER.
Happy days are here again
Fix it DJT & EM
Why Sedona has homeless problems? Is it a sanctuary city not supporting obeying the law dictated by officials needing removal requiring elections held to avert corruption of federal law? Explain if SPD needing freedom to arrest and notify ICE under this city leadership or why city of Sedona funds city taxes to unaccountable nonresidents?
Thank you.
Yea yea. Duh
!!anti D.O.G.E. protests found funded by soros & other agencies!!! IRS whistleblower testifying today!
Check out IRS website.
IRS mailed notifications to 405,427 taxpayers whose taxpayer information was released or leaked during the Biden administrations. They uncovered the person who was to get Trump‘s tax returns and who leaked them to the public. Now we need to know who leaks in Supreme Court and bring them to trial.
good luck
@@KarenSedona. Canadians are merely disarmed Americans with expensive healthcare. Statehood is best however we tolerate better.
President Zelenskyy is in White House today as we watch live how it unfolds in real time without staff writing Bidenbytes of fictitious domain. Thank you voters.
Biden and Obama gave Russia the Ukraine and helped Russia kill millions of innocents, two worst presidents in history, Trump offers Ukraine peace and stability and security.
Yes Slotkin lost us with basic lack of border knowledge by being a Joseph Biden propaganda machinist. No one did the border better than Donald Trump includes past presidents. Joseph Biden slept thru office with Harris-Scary kept in place as Second Puppet.
Donald Trump elected by landslide. Slink away Democrats, you lost because of disgusting leadership and corrupt policies.
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Mar 07, 2025 US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday said India should bring down its high tariffs for the United States, as Washington aims to pursue “something grand” in a bilateral trade deal between the two countries. —- endnote
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get X & Truth Social & FB & Nbc replaces Lester w Univision face (?) rumorville HollywoodDees non gratis Barry Kamala fans til Kamala b Asian & Barry b white dammit good sunday pun
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“ “I think one of the things that the American people love most about this president is that he often says what they are thinking but sometimes lacks the courage to say themselves.” 27 yr old Karoline Leavitt “
Reading internet says Kuwait agreed to release American prisoners couldn’t find on most news stations when best news day. Says VETERANS or MILITARY CONTRACTORS jailed for YEARS freed by Trump and his Secretary of State sent envoys to every country after sworn in to bring home jailed Americans while Barry Joe Hairy Scary triad wouldn’t couldn’t help that many black men. Signed PROUD LOUD American veteran
You liberal progressive narcissistic communist socialist psychos can’t seriously believe Joe tweets, right? He doesn’t even know what it means. Remember how he doesn’t own or carry a cell and he never had an iPad or personal computer? He’s not the only one of you twiddles brain farting.
Google and Apple have officially updated the name of the Gulf of America to its correct name, not a symbolic victory, it’s due to the strength of our nation under a new and improved government. Wish I said it.
I hate to break it to you, Trump does the same thing. Then again if he did his paper trial of corruption would be easier to track! LOL
And by the way the Russia Russia Russia thing, is true….Just read the Republican Senate report on it! Bet your to afraid and uninformed to even try!
If you cant figure out now old Donny is a Russian stooge, and you voted for him………….Boy we are all going to pay for your stupidity! God help us!
D.O.G.E. finds number of IRS hacks bigger than Biden disclosed.
IMO lmao even Sedona got Biden DoJ + FBI memos Russian collusion was hoax – msnbc + email from DoJ + FBI + Move on (zero respect tween Obama +Biden + Clinton – they despised her- she them- barely civil +!Shells hated Joe & HC openly + hubby!?) proof oligarchs like them can’t be trusted with knives like ask the chefs lmao context matters lmao
March 25, 2019
TOP LEGAL NEWS OF THE WEEK
Mueller finds no collusion with Russia..
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation..and about 1000s more like this. Sedonaeyedotcom readers catch up!
@@person without a name or brain is (deleted by editor) proof Russia collusion nonsense by deep state successfully corrupted us
Don’t hate breaking it to brained fools that the Russian collusion hoax was faked by we hate Americans government “collusion agents” called Steele and Hillary and friends.
Thats great news about the Golf of America.
Eggs are expensive still?
We have nothing but unqualified people running OUR government now!
Very happy your worried about the BIG stuff.
Time for a nap and a bottle for you!
Sedona makes good on promises, trails here would benefit from upkeep for less tourist clusters of cheap food and garbage
Laughing at @America
proof positive our Sedona city for losers & woohoos banner waves
Consumer spending up 6% since President Trump elected and economy began to grow in February.
Get back under your Biden umbrellas, Dementors.
WTF MSM spawn of dumber dumb is dumbest jackass AOC touted by Democrats for future Ella the Presidenty??? Demos I’m moving on!!! Ought get her India friends filtering ngo CCP $$$ deported, Kash Machine!?!Remember AOC broadcast “Elon wasn’t smart”!!! That and her giving illegals instructions how to break the law by using her staff as tools makes her ??? Ok WTF is AOC plankton or amoeba IQ?!?!?
Elon Musk, SpaceX, Starlink men and women of equal measure saved two astronauts lives today. God bless every one involved. The world is awed with your achievements.
Young people out there listen to why Biden Harris didn’t give a damn about space last year or about Boeing failures or you and us, a local chat group called out BH for not caring because “success makes people expect things” like “solve issues” while BH “don’t care to raise serfs expectations”and job security is keep “throwing squirrels in voters yards to keep voters busy”!!!??? Go talk to the help!!
Good grief parents and guardians, this teacher and co-workers applaud getting the unions off campuses because they threaten teachers with job loss if we don’t join and always try to get us removed or given the poorest performing IEP classes. Unions for teachers are anti children and anti teachers and pro uneducated and lowest quality staffs. (Deleted by editor) School District
judges blocking deportations get voted out of office & send them back to law schools
Heard local bitching how Elon hurting us! HOW STUPID ARE WE? Democrats get out of this city if you don’t condemn political terrorism.
damage my Tesla is personal attack on me, damages you will go to prison for & pay me money
Heard Hollywood, ActBlue Billionaires. and Bezos running AOCMeNot an TimWazWong White House Stage Show. Out of the loop much?
Why people come to tiny fake rallies to see what sticks and stone heads left behind to clean up, explain?
Why ridiculous Minnesota TimWazWong surgically amplified nephew believes (deleted by editor)?
Tesla a true American made car, Donkey Dongs, is good for the environment and economy, like a comment here, if spotted with key in hand near a Tesla you could count on deserving asswhipping righteousness.
Thank God for America, land of freedom and home of best freedom lovers.
50 cars damaged at a dealership would be 50 Democrats removed from office for keeping quiet about Tesla being targeted by terrorists, Democrat party here would be in charge of Nazi camps, remember Bud Lite and Musk supporters go buy a car or stock.
Demonics NOT MY PARTY EVER AGAIN #walkaway #FightFightFight #NoDems2026 #deportationNOW
Why’s Sen. Schumer head of our party and why isnt he and Bernie Sanders in an Assisted Living Facility with Sandy Cortez running the housekeeping office? IMO Schumer and Sanders are filthy rich slimeballs like AOC and who gets that working for government on a salary capped job?
We love Trump in America! They love Trump in Germany! They love Trump inCroatia! Back from cruises in Europe and everyone there loves USA President and loves StarLink services. Tesla is like Mustangs were in my generation and considered super cool in green circles because VW considered average Joe cars. Have fun today Sedona neighbors.