Amador County – The Amador County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday voted to defer its upcoming July equalization pay raise for one year. The vote amended a county ordinance passed in 2005 that went into effect in 2006, in tying supervisors’ salaries to that of county judges. That is an annual raise that increases supervisors’ salaries up to equal 40 percent of the salaries of Amador County Superior Court Judges. The 5 percent raise would have taken effect July 1st, but the amendment changed the ordinance to take effect July 1st, 2010. Chairman Ted Novelli said the ordinance remains the same except for the date. This year, the hike would have been a 5 percent raise to make current salaries equal 40 percent of judge salaries. The ordinance says that each July 1st, supervisors shall receive “an amount equal to 40 percent of the Amador County superior court judge’s monthly pay.” It says “Such salary shall be prorated for the first and last month of his or her term. Each year thereafter, the board of supervisors’ annual rate of compensation shall be adjusted on July 1st … to an amount that is 40 percent of the Amador County superior court judge’s salary in effect on July 1st of the same year.” Next July, the supervisors’ salaries will be raised by the ordinance to again equal 40 percent of judges’ salaries. Story by Jim Reece This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.