Supervisors OK several employee raises

The county will also sever its intermunicipal agreement with Onondaga County for director of real property taxes.

WAMPSVILLE » Madison County will no longer partner with Onondaga County to fill the position of director of real property tax services.

On Tuesday, the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution abolishing its intermunicipal agreement with Onondaga County. The agreement had been in place since March 2015 to share of the cost of one director of real property tax services who would oversee both counties’ departments.

Instead, supervisors appointed Rebecca Marsala to the position on a part-time basis. Marsala is already a county employee and is currently the deputy treasurer. She’ll be paid $15,000.

As required annually, the board passed several resolutions establishing the salaries of multiple positions, including the sheriff ($94,044) for 2018. The board approved a retroactive increase to Undersheriff John Ball’s salary through the end of the year to match former Sheriff Allen Riley’s annual salary of $91,975. Ball,

since Riley’s resignation, has assumed all responsibilities of the office and will do so until the election in November. The board also passed a resolution affording managerial and confidential employees a 2.25 percent raise, effective retroactively to Jan. 1. Those employees are not covered by any union. The board scheduled a public hearing for its Aug. 8 meeting at 2:30 p.m. on a local law that would establish the salaries of certain county officials for 2018, including the commission of social ser- vices ($98,187), public health director ($95,425), treasurer ($95,425), highway superintendent ($95,425), personnel officer ($83,968), election commissioners ($61,523) and director of real property tax services ($15,000).

A second public hearing was also scheduled for 2:15 p.m. for a local law that will expand 911 surcharges on cell phones. The county currently imposes a monthly 30-cent charge on wireless communication services. The local law would allow the county to also charge a 30-cent fee on each sale of all prepaid wireless communication services sold within the county. If passed, the charge on prepaid cell service would start Dec. 1.