Tinley Park Repeals ‘Longevity’ Bonus For Elected Officials
Via Daily Southtown:
“Tinley Park trustees have repealed an unusual annual bonus that rewarded elected officials for staying in office and cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars, ending a controversial perk exposed by the Tribune.
In 2004, Tinley trustees voted to award the town’s mayor and clerk an annual 2 percent increase to their base salaries for every year they have served in office after the first eight. Trustees voted to expand the benefit to themselves in 2008.
Every year, the bonus compounds, and it has been calculated to account retroactively for previous years of service, meaning some officials received big increases to their base salaries. Former Mayor Ed Zabrocki, for instance, earned $32,000 a year base salary but received an additional $24,827 during his last fiscal year in office because he first became a trustee in 1978.”
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