By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
County Commissioners in Juab County are paid for their
part-time work but are finding the job they were elected to
do has escalated.
The commission chair, Wm. Boyd Howarth, is paid
$15,204 annually and commissioners, Joseph Bernini and
Robert Steele, each receive $14,004 annually.
"If we were paid an hourly wage, the taxpayers
couldn't afford to pay us," joked Howarth at a budget
meeting held earlier in the year. However, he said,
commissioners realize they campaigned for the office they
were elected to and consider the time they spend working for
the taxpayer a public service and a privilege.
Salaries and hourly wages for Juab County employees
and elected officials were delivered this week to The
Times-News publisher from the county clerk/auditor following
a formal request for the public information.
The county assessor, Shirl Nichols; treasurer, Jean
Bowles; and Justice Court Judge, Sharla Williams, are each
paid $31,407 annually. The recorder/surveyor, Craig Sperry;
and clerk/auditor, Pat Ingram, are each paid $32,697
annually.
Juab County Sheriff, David Carter, receives an annual
wage of $43,035, and the commissioner assistant, Mike Seely,
is paid $46,342 annually.
Juab County Attorney, David Leavitt, is paid $68,577
yearly.
Department heads are paid an annual wage of $31,366 to
$39,249.
Sheriff's deputies are paid from $30,432 to $33,591
yearly, and jailers, are paid $26,353 to $32,281 yearly with
the highest wage paid depending on years of service.
County road department employees are paid $11.46 per
hour to $14.08 per hour, depending on the seniority they
have accumulated and part-time road department employees are
paid $8 per hour to $8.75 per hour, which is also dependent
on their years of service.
Secretaries, both full-time and part-time, are paid
$7.50 per hour to $10.95 per hour, depending on years of
service.
Ambulance EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians) are
paid from $7 per hour to $7.50 per hour, depending on the
training they have completed.
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