Taking a page from the Milwaukee County Board's playbook, Kenosha supervisors take care of themselves first.
Kenosha County supervisors opted Tuesday to beef up, rather than cut, their health insurance...
After one supervisor’s motion to eliminate the supervisors’ health benefit fell flat, another supervisor’s motion to make it even better barely passed....
Supervisors, who are paid a $6,000 annual salary, are entitled to employee health benefits, for which the county currently subsidizes 90 percent of the premium cost. The subsidy is budgeted to decrease to 85 percent in 2010...
Mark Molinaro said supervisors should not be ashamed of receiving compensation for their work.
“My point is this,” he said. “We deserve the compensation for what we do.”
After Hallmon’s motion fell on a 22-5 vote, with Hallmon, Zerban, Jennifer Jackson, Roger Johnson and Bob Haas in the minority, Huff made a motion to go the opposite way.
Huff proposed eliminating any premium cost for supervisors, saying the county should pay 100 percent of it, as it does with elected county officials.
His motion passed 14-13,...
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