source: siouxfalls.org, 2016-2017 salaries
I have been warning the citizens of Sioux Falls for over a year about these out of control corporate like raises for the managers and directors while the minions beg for crumbs (SFPD). This is what it is like when you run a city like a corporation, the big dogs get all the dog food and the little guy gets a joke of a COLA.
But let’s look past this, shouldn’t raises, whether you are in the public or private sector be based on performance? Let’s look at Mr. Turbak’s performance over the past year. While he has no control over tax revenue being down, he certainly hasn’t been very good at bringing in the expenses. He should have came out against the $25 million dollar city administration building, admitting himself it is more cost effective to lease then to own office buildings. He also should have been able to tell us how much the indoor pool would cost us (operational).
All Tracy has done to get his over 6% increase in pay is be a patsy for the mayor while ignoring his bosses (the citizens). Now that’s business acumen folks.
