Board member seeks to donate salary to charity.Byline: LARRY Lar´ry n. 1. Same as Lorry, or Lorrie. BACON The Register-Guard FLORENCE Florence, city, Italy Florence (flôr`əns, flŏr`–), Ital. Firenze, city (1991 pop. 403,294), capital of Tuscany and of Firenze prov., central Italy, on the Arno River, at the foot of the Apennines. - A Central Lincoln Lincoln, city and district, England Lincoln, city (1991 pop. 79,980) and district, Lincolnshire, E England, in the Parts of Kesteven, on the Witham River. People's Utility District board member said Tuesday he wants to donate his $511 monthly salary to charity until the coastal utility establishes some criteria for board compensation. William Fleenor of Florence wrote a letter to the board president, Larkin Kaliher of Toledo, asking that the district's legal counsel work out a way for his pay to go directly to the Siuslaw Area Women's Center at Florence. "I hope by Jan. 1 that can happen," Fleenor said. He was one of three board members who helped pass a motion in November to increase the five-member board's compensation to $1,000 per month. He changed his vote at a board meeting Monday in Reedsport and was part of a majority rescinding the pay increase. Board members already were drawing the highest pay of any public utility board in Oregon Oregon, city, United States Oregon, city (1990 pop. 18,334), Lucas co., NW Ohio, a suburb adjacent to Toledo, on Lake Erie; inc. 1958. It is a port with railroad-owned and -operated docks. The city has industries producing oil, chemicals, and metal products. . After hearing public testimony against the raise, Fleenor said he changed his mind and began to wonder how the board could justify any pay with no compensation guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. in place. He said he was shocked to learn Monday that the pay - which dates back to 1986 - came about because of the possibility that individual board members would need to hire legal help in case of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. arising from a bond default by a Washington utility. No such threat exists today, he said. In his letter, Fleenor suggested that other board members join him in giving up their pay, but he said he has heard no response. He hopes the pay issue can be discussed at a board workshop early next year. |
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