Nantucket Sheriff Jim Perelman is about to hit the lottery, due to the state lawmakers.
The island police boss, operating for a 3rd time period, will see his annual pay bounce from $108,800 to $195,000 — if the House finances is adopted.
The state Comptroller’s workplace lists his wage a bit larger than the $105,951 tally within the Herald’s annual payroll database. But he’s among the many 14 sheriffs in Massachusetts in line for hefty raises that can enhance base pay to only shy of double six-figures.
Perelman was “not available” and didn’t return a name left by the Herald Friday.
An workplace staffer did say Nantucket doesn’t have a jail, not like the opposite sheriffs, and should transport offenders on the “fast ferry” as a result of the “seats are too close” whereas handcuffed on a airplane. If the ferry just isn’t operating, prisoners are stored within the police division jail till the seas settle down.
State Rep. Nicholas Boldyga, confirming the pay hike Friday, lashed out on the lack of debate and consideration of tax breaks over pay hikes.
“The budget ‘process’ over the past few days was an abysmal display of Democracy. It really shined light on just how undemocratic the Massachusetts House has become,” Boldyga mentioned.
The Southwick Republican added: “It’s astounding that Democratic leaders eagerly handed out salary increases to some of the state’s highest-paid government employees. But didn’t believe offering tax relief or keeping the cost of prescription medicine down for the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable was worth their time.”
He referred to as on the Legislature, dominated by Democrats, to “get their priorities straight. There are people across the commonwealth who can barely make ends meet, if at all.”
He mentioned the “windfall of extra revenue” ought to have been “focused on those that need it most. Instead, energy went into trying to hide pay raises in the budget for top earners and prevent debate on it.”
The unanimous approval of the finances within the House this previous week got here after lawmaker rejected a collection of proposals by Boldyga mirroring $700 million in tax cuts pushed by Gov. Charlie Baker, however presently caught in committee.
The House additionally rejected a proposal to briefly droop the state’s gasoline tax in response to hovering costs on the pump.
State lawmakers handed a finances that ballooned to $49.7 billion.
The House’s finances, initially proposed at $130 million lower than what was ultimately authorized, should now be squared with the Senate’s finances. That chamber will debate its model of the spending bundle in May.
House lawmakers authorized a rise in state spending by greater than 4%, or $2.1 billion, above final 12 months and about $1.5 billion greater than Gov. Charlie Baker proposed.
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