Sandoval County residents will soon have a say — at least indirectly — in what their elected officials earn, under a new salary commission the Board of County Commissioners is poised to create at its Wednesday meeting.
Commissioners meet at 6 p.m. at 1500 Idalia Road, Building D, in Bernalillo. The salary commission ordinance heads the action agenda, sponsored by Chair Jordan Juarez and Vice Chair Jon Herr. If adopted, it creates a five-member independent panel — one appointee per commissioner district — to set salaries for the county’s elected officials ahead of each general election. Commissioners, the sheriff, county clerk, assessor, treasurer, and probate judge would all fall under the commission’s jurisdiction.
Who controls the pay?…