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i\mr 12 - i'i. \I\IM-: \I.KI(-IIKK \l.l>. V\ KDNKSP.M .JVM \H\ 16.1«>S5 Local representatives vary in views of new state pay raises i<j*. i 0 salary By Deborah Collura and Joe King PliMiilw llwld KIWI Smrtct The General Assembly approved salary increases for state government officials last week, and, while some area lawmakers said the raises were justified, others disagreed. The pay raise will make Illinois state legislators some of the highest paid state lawmakers in the country. Salaries for legislators will take a jump from the current $28,000 to $32,500, a 16 percent increase which was recommended last month. Reactions from local state representatives varied widely. State Rep. Dick Klemm, (G- Crystal Lake), explained his opposition to the increases, saying, "F voted against it becauye I didn't think the Legislature needed pay raises. We are paid enough and receive nice fringe benefits for the part- time job we do." State Sen. Jack Schaffer, (R-McHenry. County), the only local lawmaker to vote in favor of the pay'raises, justifed his position by saying, "We had to act for the executive branch because we have been losing some talented people to the private sector."' The state representatives for Woodstock, Ron Watt, (R- Belvidere), and Jill Zwick, (R- East Dundee), voted against the pay increase. "I like the idea of a CM IBO Legislature, not-just high-paid bureaucrats who can not relate as well to the people's needs," Klemm said. "The General Assembly vote was a vote for me," Klemm added, saying he felt the same way many people felt about the raises: that they are not needed and could have been approved at a better time. "I don't think this was the year to do it. We're just coming out of (an economic) recovery and I think we should have waited a bit longer," he said. Schaffer stressed that one of the reasons he voted for the pay raise was due to suggestions made by a committee com­ prised , of citizens from the private sector who studied the matter. * "Pay has always been a controversial matter that was usually done in back rooms and then brought up for a vote at the 11th hour of a General Assembly meeting," Schaffer said. "There is no painless way to do this kind , of thing," he continued, "but removing it from /the direct control of the Legislature has a lot of appeal to me." But Klemm wasn't too fend of the idea. "We have the courage to vote on issues. That's why they (the peoplte) elect us and not to form committees to make decisions," Ktemm said, ad­ ding, "That's a tricky way to get pay raises." Another benefit to using the independent committee to recommend pay raises, ac­ cording to Schaffer, is that the committee will review salaries on a regular basis. "That should help cut down on the huge jumps in salary ... and we can just keep up with the rate of inflation," said Schaffer. He pointed out that the last time the Legislature approved a pay raise was in 1978. He also called attention to the fact that the pay raise would be of no benefit to him if he were not re-elected in 1967 because Illinois state law prohibits : or lowering of an elected i's salary in midterm, that same reason, the 46.5 percent salary increase voted for the governor would not benefit Gov. James R. Thomp­ son unless he were re-elected in 1987. This also holds true for the raises voted for comptroller, lieutenant governor, and treasurer. With the pay in­ crease, the $58,000 salary for governor will climb to $85,000 in 1987. Although Klemm was against his own pay increase, be feels differently about the governor's raise. "I agree the governor should get a pay raise - $58,000 was just too low. i recom­ mended a £75,000 salary for his first increase. I was more comfortable with that figure, and then later it could be in­ creased," Klemm said. By 1967, Klemm continued, the governor's salary would be trimmed 4 to 5 percent by the inflation rate, so it won't be as large an increase as it looks now. With the new salary in­ creases, Illinois lawmakers will be among the highest paid in the country. Indiana Gov. Robert Orr is paid $48,000, and legislators receive a salary of $11,600 a year. Iowa Gov. Terry Brandstad is paid $64,000, and Iowa legislators are paid $14,600. Iowa voted the last pay increase in 1963. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Earl is paid $75,337, and legislators make $27,202. Wisconsin lawmakers voted a pay raise during the last General Assembly session. oot One of winter's benefits plaindealer Herald photo by Anthony 4 A light snowfall creates a tranquil scene on the lazy Nippersink Creek near Pioneer Road, north of McHenry. 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