BC Exec Salaries

Excerpt from MJ:
In the county’s second-largest city with 48,630 people, Middletown City Manager Doug Adkins is the second-lowest paid executive at $115,000. He took the helm last summer, and his salary will get a $10,000 boost on his anniversary, but he won’t rise in the county-wide pay ranks.

Mayor Larry Mulligan said Adkins’ salary isn’t necessarily reflective of the job he is doing, rather it is purely a function of finances. He said none of the city’s employees have received raises in recent years.

Mulligan said he figures Adkins could probably make a lot more money in the private sector.

“I’d say we’re getting a lot of value for what we’re paying Doug,” Mulligan said. “He could probably go anywhere, but like a lot of city employees they’re passionate about what their doing; they enjoy their work, so it goes beyond what you get in a paycheck.”