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The Unbiased Ethics Board tabled their choice on a pay increase for Attorney John Reid at their Could 19 assembly. Reid has been the Board Counsel to the Ethics Board since Feb. 2019.
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The Unbiased Ethics Board is contemplating a pay increase for Attorney John Reid at their Could 19 assembly. Reid has been the Board Counsel to the Ethics Board since Feb. 2019.
Employees recommends a pay enhance from $125 per hour to $250 per hour.
The Board’s contract with Reid initially set his compensation at $125 per hour from Feb. 7, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2019. Beneath the contract, each events have been supposed to fulfill earlier than Sept. 1 of every 12 months to barter his hourly price, however each agreed to delay negotiations. Employees now recommends elevating his pay price to $250 per hour, efficient from Could 19, 2020 to Sept. 1, 2021.
Reid famous that the pay increase wouldn’t enhance the entire cap he will be paid, so it could not have an effect on the Ethics Board’s funds.
Board members expressed concern that making the choice with out the chance for public enter would trigger issues among the many public. Board member Richard Herring made a movement to delay the ultimate choice till the following assembly so as to give the general public a possibility to offer enter. He stipulated that, if accepted, the pay increase can be retroactive to at this time’s date.
Reid is a graduate of the College of Miami College of Legislation and has been a licensed legal professional since 2000, in keeping with his web site.
Because the Board Counsel to the Ethics Board, Reid is accountable for reviewing ethics complaints towards Metropolis officers and overseeing prosecutions if mandatory. Reid additionally took half in drafting the ethics ordinance handed by the Metropolis Fee on the finish of 2019.
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