Sunday, March 6, 2011

State controller releases more local government payroll numbers

Several Humboldt agencies on noncompliance list due to agency size
The state controller's office has rolled out its latest numbers from government payroll reports and named several Humboldt County agencies that the office said have not filed reports or have incomplete reports... California Controller John Chiang's office released the numbers for special districts Thursday, the second phase of his plan to make local government payroll numbers accessible to the public on his website... about a dozen small special districts on the North Coast have ended up on the noncompliance list, which means they didn't file the report by the Jan. 14 deadline or they filed an incomplete report.... Roper said there have been a number of issues with agencies -- some details include a missing cover letter, or not filling out benefits contributions -- and he encouraged agencies to call the controller's officer to sort them out.
According to the controller's office, compensation information for employees of special districts is being collected and posted on the website in four phases. The site is expected to be completed by June....
◼ To search the Local Government Compensation Reporting site, go to www.sco.ca.gov/compensation_search.html