Chesterfield Official: Rescinded Pay Raise Request Was 'For The New Board'

A highly controversial pay raise request by Chesterfield Township's three full-time, elected officials was rescinded before the Tuesday budget hearing in municipal offices.

Supervisor Michael Lovelock was seeking an annual salary increase from $60,460 to $90,000 while Clerk Jan Uglis and Treasurer Linda Hartman would have gone from making $57,820 a year to $68,500. The request came on the heels of several budget cuts, including and other reductions across departments.

During a break from the budget hearing, Uglis said, "There was not an intent to actually get a pay raise. We were trying to get that on for the new board coming in 2012."

The budget hearing pertained to finances for 2012. The officials' terms expire at the end of that year.

Hartman, however, acknowledged that the raises were at least partly rescinded due to public outcry and said she would not be seeking higher pay.

Lovelock declined to comment on the matter.

He has told , "This is something that has never been brought up in 10 years...There's no good time to bring this up."

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