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i don't know who's worse. her, or pelosi.
Sculley Video
Sculley currently has an incentive laden 3 year contract worth over $1,000,000 in salary and incentives and now mayor Phil Hardberger wants to slap another $20k/year on her salary. Seeing as how we're in a little bit of an economic pinch, WOAI Erik Runge asked her if she'd consider reducing the pay increase. Her response tells the story.
She already had a well paying contract. Why tack on more money just for the of it?
BTW she has a huge severance package.
i don't know who's worse. her, or pelosi.
The one with more power.
Her response was hi- ing-larious
Wonder what's really goin' on there Mr. Hardberger...?????
check out ur council rates next year cause someone has to pay for this hike in salary....
That 20K is nothing compared to what she's saved the city and what she could get in the private sector. We've already been over this.
lol she earns more than australias prime minister hahahahaha that
Thank blank stare was priceless.
I don't care how much she's saved the city or how much she can make in the private sector.
It sends a very bad message in these times and if she's asking for cuts in budgets she should do the same.
She's not asking for cuts in the budget. But yeah - we shoud run her off and end up getting some one who can't do the job as well as her because in times like this the people in our city can't be bothered to see the big picture.Thank blank stare was priceless.
I don't care how much she's saved the city of how much she can make in the private sector.
It sends a very bad message in these times and if she's asking for cuts in budgets she should do the same.
really? where would she go in the private sector right now to get $300k?
Soooooooooooo.......where's that $30 million the City "supposedly" found?
There aren't any budget cuts per se, but as I just heard on the radio, she is asking all the departments to find positions to consolidate, which ultimately means others have to take on more work........for their same pay.......while she gets an extra $20k......
yeah, in the grand scheme of things, an extra $20k a year for a city manager isn't really much, but in a time where everyone is pinching pennies, $20k on top of a salary that already puts her in the top 3 or 4 city managers in the country sounds excessive.
WTF!?!? Who said to run her off? All I'm saying is $20K is no small raise but hey, I'm just your average joe. In times like this maybe she also needs to look at the big picture and maybe the picture of her not taking that raise is what gave her that blank look?
are you talking about the CPS money?
They said they are going to do a bunch of street repairs.
She gave the blank look because she thought the reporter was crazy for asking the question. I don't blame her. Sure, it would be awesome for her to give up her salary raise but I know I wouldn't. She's saved the city MILLIONS so how large does 20kk look compared to that? I've got absolutely no problem paying those who get the job done.
I found Sculley's new contract hilarious.
Hardberger must have looked at who was running for mayor and said, "Oh ! I gotta do something to make sure the city doesnt fully goto once I leave."
And its not like we have a mayor and city council to pay anyway.
It only sounds excessive to those who aren't familiar with San Antonio Government and how it functions. She's running the city and she has an enormous amount of power. I'm not completely sure about this, but I'm fairly certain no other city the size of San Antonio or larger has a council manager system where the CM carriers this much power.
And she's asking the departments to prepare in case they have to draw things down. I don't have a problem with city government running as efficiently as possible. In fact thats exactly what I want.
Why was it a crazy question to ask? I found it to be a totally legit question to ask during these economic times and when she is looking at the budget and where to save.
This money.
Thanks to past lapses of financial oversight, stretching back 25 years in some cases, the City Council finds itself with a surprise $30 million — and it’s ready to spend.
"It’s kind of like your long-lost cousin has left you a bunch of money," Mayor Phil Hardberger said.
During a Friday news conference, Hardberger and Councilwoman Delicia Herrera lavished praise on City Manager Sheryl Sculley for finding the $30 million, essentially the financial dregs of more than 1,000 bond projects. According to Sculley, the money — left over from the projects — sat in the bank and collected interest, instead of going to debt repayment or into similar projects, as it should have.
Sculley said the city now has “stronger financial management systems in place" to insure no bond funding is orphaned again.
Soon after arriving here three years ago, Sculley began looking to close out bond projects OK’d by voters in 1994, 1999 and 2003 — a long list of unfinished work that had embarrassed city officials — and jobs paid for with certificates of obligation, which is debt that doesn’t require voter approval. The discovery of the $30 million stemmed from that effort, she said.
“This is really the result of two things: aggressively completing prior bond projects and (certificate of obligation) projects, and the strengthening of our financial management system,” Sculley said. “We have better reporting, better oversight.”
Word of the windfall left Councilwoman Lourdes Galvan atwitter.
"Our hearts were pumping yesterday just thinking about all the things we were going to do with the money," she said.
Hardberger said the money will be split evenly between the 10 council districts and his office for projects that have already been prioritized, such as the development of Voelcker Park, the redevelopment of Mission Drive-In and street work aimed at complementing Fort Sam Houston’s expansion.
Still, the money hasn’t been divvied up yet.
Don’t look for any of it to go for property tax relief or debt reduction, or into the city’s reserves.
"We are on a good schedule as far as the retirement of our debt -- it’s not as if we’re behind on that -- and we have close to $100 million in reserves," Hardberger said. "I think those are reasonably well taken care of, and don’t need help. But our streets do need help. They need it now. The general infrastructure needs are more immediate."
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc..._windfall.html
she gave a blank stare because she was unprepared to answer that question
Oh well, I live in Converse so I'll shut my pie hole and you all can pay her what you want.
Yeah - asking someone if they're going to give up 15% or so of their income is a legit question.
Its pretty damn insulting when you've just saved the city millions and you get this much over 20k. See, the public schools are ed up when people can't tell how far apart those 2 figures are.
There's a reason even the people who were against hiring her who sit on city council were in favor of the raise. What do you think that reason is?
Okay, I was wrong. She is worth every penny she gets.
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