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Cash-strapped Wayne County spends almost $50 million a year on appointee salaries and benefits, providing . . . an average salary of $95,381, according to data obtained by the Free Press. . . .
Oakland County's 126 appointees have an average salary of $90,152. . . .Elected officials in Macomb County, where almost all employees belong to unions, have only 29 appointees. A salary breakdown was not immediately available.
Budget cuts could thin Wayne's appointee ranks this year, Wisely's front-page lead article suggests.
"There is going to have to be a reduction in the number of appointees," said Wayne Commissioner Laura Cox, R-Livonia. "Absolutely, that has to happen. A good leader leads by example."
Since last year, Ficano has reduced his appointee ranks by 12 people after commissioners formed a task force to review appointee compensation in the wake of a $200,000 severance payment for former Chief Development Officer Turkia Awada Mullin.
