Tag: per diem pay

Board recommends pay increase for Election Day poll workers, goes now to Monroe County commissioners

At a special meeting on Monday, Monroe County’s election board voted to recommend a change to county code that would increase the not-to-exceed amounts for Election Day poll workers.

It is the Monroe County commissioners, who would need to enact the change to the county code that sets Election Day poll worker pay.

But the election board will still have a role to play, even after county code is changed to specify a higher range, assuming that commissioners do increase the amounts. It’s the election board that specifies the exact amount, within the range spelled out in county code.

Commissioners are expected to consider the item at their work session on Wednesday. Commissioner work sessions start after the regular Wednesday morning meetings conclude, typically with a short break. The regular meetings start at 10 a.m. and typically wrap up in 90 minutes or less.

The current per diem pay for different jobs on Election Day breaks down like this: $165 for inspectors; $135 for judges; $135 for clerks; and $115 for sheriffs.

At its special meeting on Monday, the election board voted to recommend that the not-to-exceed amounts be changed so that the following pay schedule could be followed: $200 for inspectors; $175 for judges; $150 for clerks; and $120 for sheriffs. (A poll worker sheriff is not a sworn law enforcement officer.) Continue reading “Board recommends pay increase for Election Day poll workers, goes now to Monroe County commissioners” →

May 7 primary notebook: Pay for Monroe County Election Day poll workers could get bump

Some election workers who have staffed Monroe County’s polling sites in the past say they won’t work this year unless the pay is increased.

From left: Monroe County attorney Molly Turner-King and election supervisor Kylie Moreland. (April 4, 2024)

That’s the message that county election supervisor Kyle Moreland passed along to the three-member county election board at its regular meeting on Thursday.

Primary Election Day falls on May 7.

Here’s how Moreland put it: “We have some members that have worked in the past that have decided that if there is not a change on the pay, they will not be working this election.”

Election workers have to arrive at the polls at 5 a.m. to open the polls at 6 a.m. Polls don’t close until 6 p.m. That makes for a day that lasts 14 to 15 hours.

The current per diem pay for different jobs breaks down like this: $165 for inspectors; $135 for judges; $135 for clerks; and $115 for sheriffs. Continue reading “May 7 primary notebook: Pay for Monroe County Election Day poll workers could get bump” →

Settlement on Monroe county clerk’s per diem pay OK’d by commissioners: $9,249.50

On a rare split vote, Monroe County commissioners have approved $9,249.50 in per diem pay for Monroe County clerk Nicole Browne, from 2016 to 2021.

Dissenting on the vote at Wednesday’s regular meeting was Penny Githens. Providing the two-vote majority were Lee Jones and Julie Thomas.

The per diem pay in question covers voter registration duties associated with the clerk’s office.

It is based on a state law  [IC 3-7-12-22] that says in a county like Monroe, where the county clerk serves as voter registration officer, the clerk is entitled to per diem compensation.

Browne had not been paid a per diem for voter registration activity since the time she was caucused into the position in 2016, after Linda Robbins resigned. Brown won reelection in 2018 and again this year. Continue reading “Settlement on Monroe county clerk’s per diem pay OK’d by commissioners: $9,249.50” →