From Loadstar
Rivers: $38,161.00
Walker: $60,231.00Pomfret population: 4247
Woodstock population: 7964
Selectman Maureen Nicholson (D) said that she would “love” to fill the vacancy.
Becki reminded me that Jim was grossly underpaid as First Selectman with a salary far below that of Woodstock First Selectman, Alan Walker.
A day later in the Norwich Bull:
“I will not be seeking a fifth term and am looking at whether I’ll be resigning at some point before that,” Rivers said Tuesday. “There’s been no date set, nothing nailed down yet concerning my exit. This is something I’ve talked about for months.”
Our First Selectman makes TWICE the Pomfret salary, and this thanks to Delpha Very and Margee Wholean.
Woodstock is just about twice the size of Pomfret in population and Rivers does not make “TWICE” the salary of the First Selectman in Woodstock. Susan, you shouldn’t lie like that, it ruins your credibility.
Rivers: $38,161.00
Walker: $60,231.00
Pomfret population: 4247
Woodstock population: 7964
Jim Rivers is overpaid as 1st Selectman in Pomfret and he knew the salary of the job when he ran for it. I highly doubt the salary is the only factor in his decision to resign.
According to the Ct Economic Resource Center (CERC), the population of Woodstock (2011) is 8037 and the population of Pomfret is 4240.
Median household income for Woodstock $77,950
Median household income for Pomfret $68,536
Per capita tax (2009) for Woodstock $1746
Per capita tax (2009) for Pomfret $1632
Total Expenditures for Woodstock $21,118,321
Total Expenditures for Pomfret $11,283,773
Total Expenditures for Education (W)$16,072,398
Total Expenditures for Education (P)$9,678,397
% of Expenditures for Education (W) 76%
% of Expenditures for Education (P) 85%
These numbers are from 2009. They are the most recent on the CERC site.
Feel free to check my math. Two take home points are that per capita taxes are less in Pomfret. Pomfret spends a higher percent of their revenues on education.
I do not have student enrollments so I cannot tell what the actual per pupil costs come out to be. I tried searching the CT Dept of Education site for this data but unfortunately could not find it. This information used to be readily available Oh well, so much for transparency. Anyone?
The population numbers I gave are the real ones from the US Census for 2010, your CERC numbers are not correct, they are a guess.
Towns with smaller populations tend to spend a higher percentage of their total revenues on education so this is no surprise. Go look at Chaplin, Hampton and Scotland. I haven’t but I’ll bet those three towns spend more on a percentage basis on education then Woodstock and Pomfret do. Their per pupil costs are among the highest in the state and Parish Hill isn’t anywhere near as good of a high school as Woodstock Academy.
Does this mean Pomfret and Woodstock should send their students to Parish Hill?
Good luck with that one libdem…….