Elected and Appointed Positions
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I will be putting up a number of Posts over the next few days. Each will be showing how Gilford ranks with respect to other towns in NH of the same size: 5,000 to 9,999 permanent residents. While there is some discussion that this is not correct due to the population increases during the summer and Motorcycle Week, I decided to go with the year round numbers.
There are two main reasons why:
- Gilford's population is approximately 7,400 people. This is right in the middle of the population grouping used.
- Going up to the next population grouping 10,000 - 14,999 would also have a negative action on taxpayers, as all of the positions shown would end up in a more expensive grouping (larger towns and cities pay more for the same positions).
The numbers shown are taken from the NH Municipal Association. I have also shown the data two ways:
- Towns by alphabetical order
- Towns listed high to low based on the maximum salary possible for each position
The only exception to this are the Land / Water areas values which have been taken from the State of NH.
The latter is done purely for data purposes - many towns do not have minimum salary ranges for a given position - they always have maximum. Later on, as data is received for the actual salary for a given position, the High to Low will be updated to reflect that data point.
In addition, I will be contacting other Budget Committes in other towns in order to get the actual cost numbers so the postings will become more accurate over time.
If someone is out there that wishes to assist in this project to better inform the taxpayers of Gilford what their government is costing them, please contact Doug or myself!
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